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A matrix is a rectangular array of elements, usually numbers or variables, arranged in rows and columns. A matrix with $m$ rows and $n$ columns has $m \times n$ elements and is called an $m$ by $n$ matrix. Matrices are a part of .

Matrices can be added and subtracted. Furthermore, if they have compatible shapes, they can be multiplied. More precisely, given two matrices $A$ and $B$, the matrix $AB$ is defined when the number of columns of $A$ is equal to the number of rows of $B$. In particular, given a natural number $n$, any two matrices $A$ and $B$ with $n$ columns and $n$ rows can be multiplied in both ways (that is, both $AB$ and $BA$ exist).


For questions specifically concerning matrix equations, use the tag.

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Associativity of hypermatrix multiplication

Matrix multiplication can be done only by juxtaposing A and B in one direction i.e. putting A and B adjacent to each other horizontally as AB or BA. i.e. as jigsaw pieces each matrix has only two connectors: on the left or right. Is it the case that…
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Find final square in matrix walking like a spiral

Given the matrix A x A and a number of movements N. And walking like a spiral: right while possible, then down while possible, then left while possible, then up while possible, repeat until got N. Image with example (A = 8; N = 36) In this…
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Matrix transformation mapped onto itself

Question: $$A= \begin{pmatrix} k & -2 \\ 1-k & k \end{pmatrix}\text{, where k is a constant}$$ $$\text {A transformation } T : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2 \text{ is represented by the matrix A.}$$ $$\text {Find the value of k for which…
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How to make a 1 by 3 matrix into a 4 by 6 matrix with a certain property

I have matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix}1 & -4 & 3\end{bmatrix}$. Is there a matrix that this can be multiplied by (or any other operations) to produce a matrix like this:…
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Strassen Multiplication?

How are the values of the 7 new matrices derived? I'm referring to the values that reduce matrix multiplication to 7 multiplications per level: $M_1 = \left(A_{1,1} + A_{2,2}\right)\left(B_{1,1} + B_{2,2}\right)$ ... $M_7 = \left(A_{1,2} -…
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General 4x4 matrix belonging to SU(4) group

I am looking for the general form of SU(4) matrix. I believe the answer lies in section 3 or section 4 of the following link : http://arxiv.org/pdf/0802.2634v1.pdf PS : I don't quite understand Lie Algebra and Group theory in detail and need this…
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Is the spectral radius of a Hermitian matrix a non-decreasing function of the magnitude of its entries?

I strongly suspect the answer is yes. By the min-max theorem, the largest eigenvalue of a hermitian matrix $M$ is $$ \lambda_{max}=\text{max} \left( \frac{x^*Mx}{x^*x} \right) $$ This is also its spectral radius. It seems intuitively that…
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Is the entrywise nonnegative part of a real positive semidefinite matrix still positive semidefinite?

Let M be a real positive semidefinte matrix and consider the entrywise nonnegative matrix M' obtained from from M by zeroing out all the negative entries of M. Is it true that M' is always positive semidefinite? Addendum 1: More generally, consider…
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Matrix of ratios of all pairs of elements from a vector

Say I have a vector ${\bf x} = [x_1 \:\: x_2 \:\: x_3 \dots x_n]$. Consider the matrix ${\bf X}$ where $ij$-th element is the ratio $$\frac{x_i}{x_j}$$ Does this matrix have a special name? Pardon if this is common knowledge, but a quick google…
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A proof involving matrices (checking working)

Matrices $A,B$ and $C$ are all $2 \times 2$ matrices and $C=A-CB$. Assuming that $(I+B)^{-1}$ exists, prove that $C=A(I+B)^{-1}$, where $I$ is the $2 \times 2$ identity matrix. I was wondering if someone could check my work: \begin{align} C=A-CB …
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Proving whether linearly independent

I've been working on this for almost half hour, can someone answer this question perhaps? Thanks. Let {$\vec u_1, \vec u_2, \ldots , \vec u_k$} be a linearly independent set of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$, and let $\vec v$ be a vector in…
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Scaling a svg image while keeping the offset position.

I have an svg image of a map that i have to scale up to make it zoom in. Javascript has a function to scale up SVG images. However the svg scale function uses the upper left corner as center when zooming. So to counter this the usual trick is to…
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Hilbert-Schmidt matrix and square sumable

I am reading a paper but I encountered two concepts that I don't know their definitions, Look at assumption A(ii) at page 10 of that paper. 1- Hilbert-Schmidt matrix I searched but I only saw measures and such things, I want definition of…
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How to change of basis from 3 points

I'm a computer scientist and I'm not very good with mathematical stuff... I have got 3 points A, B, C that doesn't create an orthogonal space. I have the coordinates of those 3 points in two 3D orthogonal spaces: M (the global space) and T (the…
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What convention shows $R_{XYZ} = R_ZR_YR_X$

In the book Introduction to Robotics by John J. Craig, the explanation of multiplying matrices for fixed-angle rotation is a bit confusing. I understand fixed-angle rotation order $XYZ$ is equal to Euler angle $ZYX$, but I am wondering why the…