most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-26T09:22:56Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/105384 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/105384/name-for-a-matrix-operation Felix Goldberg 2012-08-24T12:37:55Z 2012-08-24T13:23:50Z

<p>If $A$ is a matrix and $D$ is a diagonal matrix, is there some special name for $DAD$?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/105384/name-for-a-matrix-operation/105386#105386 Federico Poloni 2012-08-24T13:23:50Z 2012-08-24T13:23:50Z

<p>it is called "diagonal congruence" <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081080600872327" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This makes sense, at least when $D$ is real, since it is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_congruence" rel="nofollow">congruence</a>. "Conjugate" sounds more like $D^{-1}AD$ or $\overline{A}$ to me.</p>