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Properties of Matrices
Matrices: A, B, C
Elements of matrices: a ij , bij , cij , bi
Identity matrix: I
Determinant of a matrix: det A
Minor of an element a : M ij ij
Cofactor of an element a : A ij ij
Transpose of a matrix: A T
Adjoint of a matrix: C ∗
Inverse matrix: A −1
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Real number: k
Natural numbers: m, n, i, j
1 Definition of a matrix
⎣ ⎦
am1 am2 … amn
the elements of the matrix are symmetric with respect to the main
diagonal.
main diagonal are all equal to 1. (All other elements are zero).
null matrix.
8 Equality of matrices
Two matrices A and B are equal if and only if they have the same size
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⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
am1 … amn bm1 … bmn
⎣ ⎦
am1 + bm1 … amn + bmn
⎣ ⎦
kam1 kam2 … kamn
11 Matrix multiplication
and only if the number of columns in the first matrix is equal to the
⎣ ⎦
am1 am2 … amn
⎣ ⎦
bn1 bn2 … bnk
⎢ c21
AB = C = ⎢
c22 … c2k ⎥
⎥,
2
⎢ ⎥
⎢ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⎥
⎣ ⎦
cm1 cm2 … cmk
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where the elements of the matrix C are defined as
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n
j = 1, 2, … , k)
For example, if
b1
⎡ ⎤
a11 a12 a13
A = [aij ] = [ ], B = [bi ] = ⎢ b2 ⎥ ,
a21 a22 a31
⎣ ⎦
b3
12 Transpose of a matrix
If the rows and columns in a matrix A are interchanged, the new matrix
is called the transpose of the original matrix A. The transposed matrix
is denoted by A . T
identity matrix.
(AB)
T
= B
T
A
T
.
15 Adjoint of a matrix
16 Trace of a matrix
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I :
AA
−1
= I .
the matrix A.
AX = λX ,
|A − λI | = 0 .
Related Pages
• Properties of Determinants
• Systems of Linear Equations
• Linear Homogeneous Systems of Differential Equations with Constant
Coefficients
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