Questions tagged [matrices]

For any topic related to matrices. This includes: systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors (diagonalization, triangularization), determinant, trace, characteristic polynomial, adjugate and adjoint, transpose, Jordan normal form, matrix algorithms (e.g. LU, Gauss elimination, SVD, QR), invariant factors, quadratic forms, etc. For questions specifically concerning matrix equations, use the (matrix-equations) tag.

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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Matrix translation by (1x2) vector

I'm having trouble figuring out how to approach this matrix translation question: Find the equation of the image line produced by translating all of the points on the line $y = 3x -1$ by the vector $\begin{smallmatrix} 2 \\ 3 \end{smallmatrix}$. I…
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Formula for a quadratic form involving a matrix inverse

Help me please to understand the formula: Let $A$ be $n\times n$ matrix, $b$ some real number and $x$ some vector. Matrix $(A-bI)$ is $n\times n$ nonsingular matrix. If $y_k$ are eigenvectors of the matrix $A$, then the following is…
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Transforming vector elements to element indices

Is there a way to mathematically transform a vector to another with values of the first one being the indices of the second one? For example Y=[1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0] and X=[1 5 6] So X shows the indices of Y elements equal to 1, while others are…
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Diagonalization of a Toeplitz matrix

Let $0<\lambda\leq1$ so that the $n \times n$ matrix $$\Sigma = \begin{pmatrix} 1&1-\lambda& \cdots &1-\lambda\\ 1-\lambda&\ddots&\ddots& \vdots\\ \vdots &\ddots&\ddots&1-\lambda\\ 1-\lambda&\cdots&1-\lambda&1\\ \end{pmatrix}$$ is positive definite.…
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Matrix almost similar to identity?

I wonder if I can find for any matrix $B\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ a regular matrix $A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ that minimises $$ || A^{-1} B A - Id ||_F $$ where $||.||_F$ denotes the frobenius norm. Is this maybe equivalent to a convex…
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Matrix with unknown coefficients, finding another basis

let $(e_1,e_2,...,e_5)$ canonical basis of $R^5$, $V=(a,b,c,d,e)\in R^5$ with $V\neq(0,0,0,0,0)$. we consider $f:R^5\to R^5$ and its matrix : $$Mat(f) = M=…
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About full column(row) matrices

There are matrices in my course book that are called full column (row) rank matrices. I'd like to know what property of the matrix must come to mind when I see it is of full rank other than $\text{rank}(A)=\min(m,n)$ (for $A_{m\times n})$?
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How do I find matrix that satisfies following conditions?

How do I find matrix $A$ with integer entries given two $2\times 1 $ vectors $\vec{x}, \vec{a} $ such that $$\vec{x} = A \vec{a}$$
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Reverse of matrix multiplication

If I have matrices A, B, and C so that C = A * B, how can I get A from B and C? This page ( http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MatrixInverse.html ) tells me that A sould be C*B^-1, but using python and numpy it seems it's not true.
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How to prove $CAA^t=BAA^t$ implies $CA=BA$?

Suppose $A$, $B$, $C$ are $n\times n$ matrices. $A'$ denotes the transpose of $A$. $CAA'=BAA'$. How to prove $CA=BA$?
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Is product of transpose of orthogonal & diagonal & orthogonal matrix = a diagonal matrix?

Been a while since my first degree, and I can't seem to solve this kiddy-level question. Please indulge me: A an orthogonal matrix, D a diagonal matrix. is it true that $A^TDA = D$ ? (where $^T$ is the transpose operator) Thanks.
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Compacting a Matrix

Suppose you have a matrix that is zero-valued everywhere except the diagonal. As an example, take the identity matrix, $I$. For this example, let's say you are using the $4\times 4$ version. Is there an operation that can produce a $2\times 2$…
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Multiplication of Block Matrix

I have an original identity, that has been transformed into a different form as follows: $z_t=a+\Gamma F_t +v_t$ $F_t=\mu +AF_{t-1}+u_t$ $\;\; u_t \sim N(0,Q)$ $v_t=B v_{t-1}+ \xi_t$ $\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; \xi_t \sim N(0,R)$ where $z_t=(n*1)$…
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Isomorphism between algebras

I would like to know how to find a lot of isomorphism ( or simply morphisms ) of algebras over $ \mathbb{C} $ : $ \varphi : \mathcal{M}_{3} ( \mathbb{C} ) \to \mathcal{M}_3 ( \mathbb{C} ) $ which respect the following transformations : $ \varphi…
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What can you say about the range space and null space

Let $V$ be a vector space over a field $F$ and $T$ a linear operator on $V$. If $T^2$$=$ $0$, what can you say about the relation of the range of $T$ to the null space of $T$?
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