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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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what does $\|X\|_{tr}$ stand for?

what does $\|X\|_{tr}$ stand for ? I meet this sign in my textbook but do no realize what it stands for. Is it the same with $\|X\|_F$ ? $\|X\|_F = \sqrt {\sum \limits_{i,j} X_{ij}^2}$
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M-matrices equivalence

I was studying to my research and get stopped in a proof of a question of the book "nonnegative matrices in the mathematical sciences", by Berman & Plemmons. The question 5.2 of page 159 says "Show that if A and B are $n \times n$ M-matrices and if…
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If $A=(i\cdot j)_{n\times n}$ and $B=(\min(i,j))_{n\times n}$, calculate $AB=(c_{ij})_{n\times n}$

If $A=(a_{ij})_{n\times n}$, $a_{ij}=i\cdot j$ and $B=(b_{ij})_{n\times n}$, $b_{ij}=\min(i,j)$. How calculate a formula for $c_{ij}$, with $C=(c_{ij})_{n\times n}=AB$. For…
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Matrix problem confronted in Wavelet transform but expected an answer in a mathematical way

I'm a second-year undergraduate from China. This is my first time posting a question on Mathematics Stack Exchange. If there's anything I've overlooked or if my question doesn't quite adhere to the site's etiquette, please let me know in the…
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What is the dimension of $AA^H$?

What is the number of degrees of freedom (or dimension?) of $AA^H$, where $A$ is a $4\times4$ complex matrix and $A^H$ the Hermitian conjugate? I'm counting a complex number as 2 degrees of freedom. Since $AA^H$ is Hermitian, the degrees of freedom…
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An exercise in logic

Consider a general system $AX=B$ of m linear equations in n unkons, where m and n are not necessarily equal. The coefficient matrix $A$ may have a left inverse $L$, a matrix such that $LA=I_n$. If so we may try to solve the system as follows:…
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The Lie algebra of 'The Iwasawa decomposition of GL(2,)'?

In a previous question (The Iwasawa decomposition of $\text{GL}(2,\mathbf R)$), it was noted that the Iwasawa decomposition of GL(2,R) is: $$ \underbrace{\begin{bmatrix} \cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta \end{bmatrix}}_K…
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What is this formula for matrix elements called?

In a solution from a physics problem, the author uses (for $M$ a 3x3 matrix) that $$M_{33} = \frac{|M_\perp^{-1}|}{|M^{-1}|}$$ where $M_\perp^{-1}$ is the upper 2x2 block of $M^{-1}$. This bears a vague resemblance to Cramer's rule but I'm not sure?…
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Proof of Dunford-Taylor formula in matrices cases

I have been reading Denis Serre's book Matrices Theory and Applications(GTM216). In the proof of Dunford-Taylor formula in page 96, the author said that it is enough to assume $A=\lambda I+N,$ where $N$ is a nilpotent. I am confused since for any…
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Which $m \times n$ matrix is the product of an $m \times 0$ and $0 \times n$ matrix?

If we multiply a $m \times 0$ matrix with a $0 \times n$ matrix, which $m \times n$ matrix is the result? Is it the $m \times n$ matrix with all zeroes? Or is it some other matrix?
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System of matrix equations.

I have the following set of equations: $${\bf M_0}\Phi_0(u_1)|A_0\rangle = {\bf M_1}\Phi_1(u_1)|A_1\rangle $$ $${\bf M_1}\Phi_1(u_2)|A_1\rangle = {\bf M_2}\Phi_2(u_2)|A_2\rangle $$ I want to find $\bf B$ in the following equation$$|A_0\rangle={\bf…
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Interpolation of the diagonal of a matrix

this is a mathematical question regarding a pyhsics problem that I'm trying to solve. I have a large matrix $n \times m$. With one of the values of the matrix being the center. From that I calculate the farthest corner from the center and try to…
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$AB^T = \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k^T$: each summand is an $m$-by-$n$ matrix, the outer product of $a_k$ and $b_k$

Suppose that $A \in M_{m,p}(F)$ and $B \in M_{n,p}(F)$. Let $a_k$ be the $k$th column of $A$ and let $b_k$ be the $k$th column of $B$. Then $AB^T = \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k^T$: each summand is an $m$-by-$n$ matrix, the outer product of $a_k$ and…
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Kernel of conjugate transpose multiplication

I'm trying to prove that above $\Bbb C$ it is true that $\mathrm{Ker}(T)=\mathrm{Ker}(T^* T)$ where $T^*$ is the conjugate transpose of $T$... Is it actually true? How can I prove it? (One side of containing is obvious, yet I couldn't find a way to…
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The coordinate matrix of x y z is known, and a three-dimensional space curve is drawn according to x, y, z. Now how to find the slope of each point

The coordinate matrix of x y z is known, and a three-dimensional space curve is drawn according to x, y, z. Now how to find the slope of each point。The specific x y z coordinates are as…
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