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+function C = augment(A, alpha)
+%AUGMENT  Augmented system matrix.
+%         AUGMENT(A, ALPHA) is the square matrix
+%         [ALPHA*EYE(m) A; A' ZEROS(n)] of dimension m+n, where A is m-by-n.
+%         It is the symmetric and indefinite coefficient matrix of the
+%         augmented system associated with a least squares problem
+%         minimize NORM(A*x-b).  ALPHA defaults to 1.
+%         Special case: if A is a scalar, n say, then AUGMENT(A) is the
+%                       same as AUGMENT(RANDN(p,q)) where n = p+q and
+%                       p = ROUND(n/2), that is, a random augmented matrix
+%                       of dimension n is produced.
+%         The eigenvalues of AUGMENT(A) are given in terms of the singular
+%         values s(i) of A (where m>n) by
+%                  1/2 +/- SQRT( s(i)^2 + 1/4 ),  i=1:n  (2n eigenvalues),
+%                  1,  (m-n eigenvalues).
+%         If m < n then the first expression provides 2m eigenvalues and the
+%         remaining n-m eigenvalues are zero.
+%
+%         See also SPAUGMENT.
+
+%         Reference:
+%         G.H. Golub and C.F. Van Loan, Matrix Computations, Second
+%         Edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland,
+%         1989, sec. 5.6.4.
+
+[m, n] = size(A);
+if nargin < 2, alpha = 1; end
+
+if max(m,n) == 1
+   n = A;
+   p = round(n/2);
+   q = n - p;
+   A = randn(p,q);
+   m = p; n = q;
+end
+
+C = [alpha*eye(m) A; A' zeros(n)];