overdetermined Overdetermined 2002-01-04 19:55:57 2002-02-22 03:21:09 Definition \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{xypic} An \emph{overdetermined} system of linear equations has more equations than unknowns. In general, overdetermined systems have no solution. In some cases, linear least squares may be used to find an approximate solution.