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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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Column Space and Null Space as Subspaces

How do I know that the column space of the following matrix IS NOT a subspace of $R^4$? I thought that the number of columns dictated the space (which would be $R^3$) \begin{pmatrix} 2 & -1 & 3 \\ 0 & 0 & 4 \\ 6 & -4 & 2\\ -9 & 3 &…
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factorization of a block matrix under certain conditions

If $U= \begin{pmatrix} I_{s} & C_{s\times r} \\ B_{r\times s} & -I_{r} \end{pmatrix},$ then $U= \begin{pmatrix} I & -C \\ 0 & I \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} I+CB & 0 \\ 0 & I \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} I & 0 \\ B & -I \end{pmatrix}.$ How do I…
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has a diagonalizable matrix jordan normal form or not?

i would like to ask if a matrix that is diagonalizable then that means that i hasn't Jordan normal form . if that's not the case then please tell me some ways to check if a matrix has jordan normal form or not.
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prove or disprove invertible matrix with given equations

Given a non-scalar matrix $A$ in size $n\times n$ over $\mathbb{R}$ that maintains the following equation $$A^2 + 2A = 3I$$ given matrix $B$ in size $n\times n$ too $$B = A^2 + A- 6I$$ Is $B$ an invertible matrix?
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Reducing a Laplace Matrix which is also Scalar?

I had a 9x9 matrix as follows: Aim is to reduce it to Lower or Upper Matrix [ 8, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1] [-1, 8, 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1] [-1, 0, 8, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1] [-1, -1, -1, 8, 0, -1, -1, -1, -1] [-1, -1, -1, 0, 8, -1,…
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An inverse for a matrix.

I know that If $U$ is invertible, then the following are equivalent. (i) $E$ and $U+E$ are idempotent; (ii) $E(-U^{-1})E=E$ and $(I-E)U^{-1}(I-E)=I-E;$ (iii) $-EU^{-1}$ and $(I-E)U^{-1}$ are idempotent; (iv) $-EU^{-1}$ and $U^{-1}-EU^{-1}$ are…
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Multiplication of two incidence matrices

After reading a bunch of articles about graph theory, I think that the problem I am working on involves incidence matrices. There are three classes B, P and L. I know the relationship of every instance of class B with every instance of class P and…
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Fourier transform of nonlinear term

What is the Fourier transform of $(u\cdot \nabla u)$, $u$ is two dimensional vector? Here is my attempt: \begin{array} &\widehat{(u\cdot \nabla u})&= \left(\begin{matrix} \widehat{u_1 \partial_1 u_1} +\widehat{u_2 \partial_2 u_1}\\ \widehat{u_1…
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What does a matrix being an element of another matrix supposed to mean?

Lets say we have a matrix A = $$ \begin{matrix} -1 & 1\\ 2 & 1\\ \end{matrix} $$ and C = $$ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2\\ -1 & 1\\ \end{matrix} $$ The questions are: (a) Find the invertible matrix X such that C = XA and…
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Has an $m \times n$ matrix with the property of swapping $a_{ij}$ and $a_{i(n - j +1)}$ any interesting properties?

I was wondering if a matrix $A$ with dimensions $m \times n$ has a property (similar to transposition) where we define a new matrix $B$ with: $$ b_{ij} = a_{i(n-j+1)} $$ For example if we have: $$ A = \begin{pmatrix}3 & 2 & 1 \\ 6 & 1 & 4 \\ 4 & 0 &…
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multiplication of two matrices if the number of columns in the first matrix is not the same as the number of rows in the second matrix?

I know that I can only multiply two matrices when the number of columns in the first matrix is equal to the number of rows in the second matrix But when looking at the symbol site, it is possible to perform this matrix operation [180; -2450; -140] *…
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How to derive the equation $I-\hat x \hat x^T= (\hat x^T E)^T(\hat x^T E)$

I encountered the above question in the paper. I have no idea how to obtain the right entry. Any help would be greatly appreciated! $$I-\hat x \hat x^T= (\hat x^T E)^T(\hat x^T E)$$ where $\hat x = \frac{x}{\vert\vert x \vert\vert}, x\in \mathbb…
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Summation to Matrix

How would you represent the following in matrix notation? $$ 1 - \sum_{i}\sum_{j} w_i w_j p_{ij} $$ Would the following be correct? 1-(W W' p) Thanks
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Question about $P^{-1}AP=B$ equation

$P^{-1}AP=\pmatrix{1&-\tfrac{1}{a}\\-\tfrac{1+a^2}{ab}&0}^{-1}\pmatrix{a&b\\-\tfrac{1+a^2}{b}&-a}\pmatrix{1&-\tfrac{1}{a}\\-\tfrac{1+a^2}{ab}&0}=\pmatrix{0&-1\\1&0}$ This statement is true. How would I find P if I would know only A and…
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Adjoint Property of a matrix

$\DeclareMathOperator{\adj}{adj}$ If $|\adj(A)| = |A|^{n - 1} ;\bigl| \adj\bigl(\adj(A)\bigr) \bigr| = {\left| A \right|^{{{\left( {n - 1} \right)}^2}}}$, then $\bigl| {\underbrace {\adj\dots\adj\bigl(\adj(A) \bigr)}_{t \text{ - times}}} \bigr| =…