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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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QR decomposition of column swapped matrix

How does the upper triangular matrix $R$ of a QR decomposition change when you swap the columns of the original matrix? I've tried multiplying both sides of $A = Q R$ by a permutation matrix $P$, but $R P$ isn't an upper triangular matrix anymore.…
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Approximate Isometry

Let $s_1(A) \geq \cdots \geq s_n(A)$ denote the singular values of a matrix $A$. If $$ 1-\delta \leq s_n(A) \leq s_1(A) \leq 1+\delta $$ I would like to show that $\|A^T A - I\| \leq 3 \max{\delta, \delta^2}$, where $\| \|$ denotes the operator…
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Finding eigenvalues for matrix when eigenvectors are known.

Question: We have matrix $A$ defined as: $$ A=\begin{bmatrix} -29 & 39 & -69 \\ -41 & 41 & -81 \\ -11 & 1 & -11 \end{bmatrix} $$ Eigenvectors for matrix $A$ are $$ v_1= \begin{bmatrix}1 \\ 2 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix} v_2=\begin{bmatrix}-1 \\ 1 \\ 1…
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AB=I matrix problem

if A and B are square matrix and satisfy this AB=i find A and B matrix Can we say that A is sufficient condition for each element in b to be an integer is that detA is an integer or Can we say that Because is always an integer matrix Or is it…
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Approximating a matrix by commuting matrices

Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ matrix with non-negative entries. Can we approximate $A$ by matrices with strictly positive entries that commute with $A$? This question came up in connection with the s-called $Q$-matrices in Markov Chain Theory. Thanks in…
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How to solve $X'X=A$

I am doing some statistical calculations. Suppose I know $X'X=\begin{pmatrix} 50& 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0& 60 &0 & 0\\ 0& 0& 80& 20\\ 0& 0 &20 & 80 \end{pmatrix}$ $X'$ is the transpose of $X$ here. My question is: Can I solve $X$ from this…
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A monotone matrix is nonsingular?

A monotone matrix is nonsingular. According to Wikipedia, a proof of this is... Let $A$ be a monotone matrix and assume there exists $x\neq0$ with $Ax=0$. Then, by monotonicity, $x\ge 0$ and $-x\ge 0$, and hence $x=0$. 1)When it says "assume that…
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Eigen of $AA^H$ and of $A^HA$

If I am correct, for a complex square matrix $A$, $AA^H$ and $A^HA$ are positive semidefinite, and therefore their eigenvalues are all nonnegative. They share the same set of nonzero eigenvalues, and may or may not share zero eigenvalue if any. For…
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Basic arithmetic with matrices

We have matrices. $$A=\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 0 \\ -5 & 6 \\ \end{bmatrix} B^{-1}=\begin{bmatrix} -7 & 8 \\ 2 & -8 \\ \end{bmatrix} C=\begin{bmatrix} -15 & -2 \\ -8 & -14 \\ \end{bmatrix} $$ We need to solve matrix $X$ from…
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Find all matrix $A$ that satisfy $A^n = I$ (identity matrix).

I've just began to learn mathematics at university, and I have met this problem which make me stuck at finding a way to solve, that is: Find all matrix $A$ with size $m$ that product of ($n$) matrices $\underbrace {A \times A \times \cdot \cdot…
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Finding generalized eigenbasis

For a complex square matrix $M$, a maximal set of linearly independent eigenvectors for an eigenvalue $\lambda$ is determined by solving $$ (M - \lambda I) x = 0. $$ for a basis in the solution subspace directly as a homogeneous linear…
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Matrices, How to solve for x?

Not sure how to do this problem. How do I do it? Do I divide each side by 3? Do I multiply the matrices on the left by 3?
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Completing the squares for matrices question

How does one go from $e^{(-\frac{1}{2\sigma_n^2}(\vec{y} - X^T\vec{w})^T(\vec{y}-X^T\vec{w}))}e^{-\frac{1}{2}\vec{w}\Sigma^{-1}\vec{w}}$ to $e^{-\frac{1}{2}(\vec{w}- w')^T(\frac{1}{\sigma^2_n}XX^T + \Sigma^{-1})(\vec{w} - w')}$ where $w' =…
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Special properties of this matrix

Given an invertible Vandermonde matrix $\mathbb{V}$, with randomly chosen knots $(v_0,v_1 \dots v_{N-1})$ on the unit circle, what can be said about the matrix: $$\mathbb{A}= \mathbb{V}^{-1}. diag(v_0^N,v_1^N \dots, v_{N-1}^N) . \mathbb{V} $$ I…
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Matrices with unknown elements

Now trying to solve matrices. If $$A = \left[\begin{array}{rrr} -1&b\\ c&-1\\\end{array}\right]$$ What are the elements b and c so that $$A^{2}=2A^{T}$$ How to solve this kind of exercise? What are the step by step instructions for this kind of…
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