# \#bunchkaufman

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## [Shouldn't \`bunchkaufman\` be actually named \`ldlt\`?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/shouldnt-bunchkaufman-be-actually-named-ldlt/77641)

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**Author:** [@zdenek\_hurak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zdenek_hurak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/shouldnt-bunchkaufman-be-actually-named-ldlt/77641 "2023-01-06T21:56:36Z")

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I am just musing over the choise of the name bunchkaufman for the bunkaufman function. If I understand it correctly, the function provides an implementation of an algorithm for LDLᵀ factorization of a symmetric and in ge…