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Let <math>A</math> be <math>[a_{ij}]</math>. Then <math>[a_{ji}]</math> is said to be the transpose of <math>A</math>, written as <math>A^T</math> or simply <math>A'</math>. If A is over the complex field, replacing each element of <math>A^T</math> by its complex conjugate gives us the conjugate transpose <math>A^*</math> of <math>A</math>. | Let <math>A</math> be <math>[a_{ij}]</math>. Then <math>[a_{ji}]</math> is said to be the transpose of <math>A</math>, written as <math>A^T</math> or simply <math>A'</math>. If A is over the complex field, replacing each element of <math>A^T</math> by its complex conjugate gives us the conjugate transpose <math>A^*</math> of <math>A</math>. In other words, <math>A^*=[\bar {a_{ji}}]</math> | ||
<math>A</math> is said to be symmetric if and only if <math>A=A^T</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be hermitian if and only if <math>A=A^*</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be skew symmetric if and only if <math>A=-A^T</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be skew hermitian if and only if <math>A=-A^*</math>. | <math>A</math> is said to be symmetric if and only if <math>A=A^T</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be hermitian if and only if <math>A=A^*</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be skew symmetric if and only if <math>A=-A^T</math>. <math>A</math> is said to be skew hermitian if and only if <math>A=-A^*</math>. | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 4 November 2006
A matrix is a rectangular array of scalars from any field, such that each column belongs to the vector space
, where
is the number of rows. If a matrix
has
rows and
columns, its order is said to be
, and it is written as
.
The element in the
row and
column of
is written as
. It is more often written as
, in which case
can be written as
.
Transposes
Let
be
. Then
is said to be the transpose of
, written as
or simply
. If A is over the complex field, replacing each element of
by its complex conjugate gives us the conjugate transpose
of
. In other words,
is said to be symmetric if and only if
.
is said to be hermitian if and only if
.
is said to be skew symmetric if and only if
.
is said to be skew hermitian if and only if
.