Questions tagged [block-matrices]
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How to prove this determinant is positive?
Given matrices
$$A_i= \biggl(\begin{matrix}
0 & B_i \\
B_i^T & 0
\end{matrix} \biggr)$$
where $B_i$ are real matrices and $i=1,2,\ldots,N$, how to prove the following?
$$\det \big( I + e^...
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A matrix completion problem
In their paper, Corners of normal matrices, Rajendra Bhatia and Man-Duen Choi asked the following question:
Given a matrix pair $(B,C)$ where $B,C∈M_n$, does there exist matrices $A,D ∈ M_n$ such ...
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Proof that block matrix has determinant $1$
The following real $2 \times 2$ matrix has determinant $1$:
$$\begin{pmatrix}
\sqrt{1+a^2} & a \\
a & \sqrt{1+a^2}
\end{pmatrix}$$
The natural generalisation of this to a real $2 \times 2$ ...
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Showing block diagonal structure of matrix by reordering
Suppose we have a block-diagonal matrix $M$, but the block diagonal structure is not immediately apparent from looking at the matrix because the rows/columns are shuffled.
I wish to find a reordering ...
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Determinant of a $k \times k$ block matrix
Consider the $k \times k$ block matrix:
$$C = \left(\begin{array}{ccccc} A & B & B & \cdots & B \\ B & A & B &\cdots & B \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \...
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Conjugated subgroups in $\mathsf{GL}(m+n,\mathbb{Z})$ implies conjugated subgroups in $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$?
In my research I came up with the following question:
Question: Let $H_1$ and $H_2$ be finite abelian subgroups of $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$. Define $$ H_1'=\left\{\begin{pmatrix} I_m &0\\0&...
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Non-singular matrix with restricted entries
Given a set $S$ of integers with $1 \not\in S$, let us consider the set $\mathcal{M}$ of all the symmetric matrices $M$, such that:
All the diagonal entries of $M$ are equal to $1$.
All the off-...
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Off-diagonalize a matrix
Consider a self-adjoint matrix $M$ that has block form
$$M = \begin{pmatrix} M_{11} & M_{12} \\ M_{12}^* & M_{11} \end{pmatrix}.$$
I am wondering if there exists any criterion to decide if ...
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A rank inequality
Suppose
$$M := \begin{bmatrix}
M_{11} & \cdots &M_{1d} \\
\vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
M_{d1} & \cdots & M_{dd}
\end{bmatrix}$$
is a $d \times d$ block matrix such that
$$M_{...
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Partitioned inverse 3x3 block matrix
We know that matrices can be inverted blockwise by using the following analytic inversion formula:
\begin{equation}
\begin{bmatrix} \mathbf{A} & \mathbf{C^T} \\ \mathbf{C} & \mathbf{D} \end{...
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When does the determinant distribute over addition?
When does $\det(A+B)=\det(A)+\det(B)$ hold?
I actually wonder if there is an easy answer for when $Per(A+B)=Per(A)+Per(B)$.
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Block matrices and their determinants
For $n\in\Bbb{N}$, define three matrices $A_n(x,y), B_n$ and $M_n$ as follows:
(a) the $n\times n$ tridiagonal matrix $A_n(x,y)$ with main diagonal all $y$'s, superdiagonal all $x$'s and subdiagonal ...
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Factorizing a block symmetric matrix
Let $X,Y\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be symmetric matrices. You may assume that $X$ is positive semidefinite and $Y$ negative semidefinite, if needed, but not that they are invertible.
I would like to ...
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Upper bound for $\|\textbf{D}^{-1}\|$, where $\textbf{D}$ is a matrix with specific sparse pattern
Consider the block matrix given by
$$\textbf{D} = \left[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\left[
\begin{array}{ccc}
D & \ldots & D\\
\vdots & \ddots & \vdots\\
D &...
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Determinant of block tridiagonal matrices
Is there a formula to compute the determinant of block tridiagonal matrices when the determinants of the involved matrices are known?
In particular, I am interested in the case
$$A = \begin{pmatrix} ...
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Iterated calculation of determinants
Given a $4 \times 4$ matrix $S$ over a commutative ring $R$. I want to consider it as a $2\times 2$ matrix over $M_2(R)$. Lets say $S=\left(\begin{array}{cc} A&B \\\ C&D\end{array}\right)$ ...
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Is there a formula for the determinant of a block matrix of this kind?
I am looking for an expression that gives the determinant of a matrix of the form
\begin{bmatrix} A & B & 0 & \dots & 0 & C \\
B & A & B & & 0 & 0 \\
0 & ...
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The normalizer of block diagonal matrices
Let $G=\mathrm U_n$ or $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbf C)$ and $H$ the subgroup of block diagonal matrices respecting a partition $n=n_1+\dots+n_k$. Is the normalizer $N=N_G(H)$ computed anywhere in the ...
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Condition for block symmetric real matrix eigenvalues to be real
I have a $2n \times 2n$ block symmetric matrix that in the simplest case ($n=2$) looks like:
$$
M_2 = \begin{bmatrix}
a_1 & 0 & b_{1,2} & -b_{1,2}\\\
0 & -a_1 & b_{1,2} & -b_{...
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Smith Normal Form for block matrices over the integers
Are there any known results on the Smith Normal Form for block matrices over the integers?
In particular, I am interested in matrices of size $kr \times ks$ made of square blocks of size $k$ such that ...
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Eigenvalues in unit disk for a 2×2 block matrix
Crossposted from Mathematics.
Consider the $2\times 2$ matrix
\begin{align*}
Q =
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 1 \\
0 & a
\end{bmatrix}
-
\epsilon
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 \\
...
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Sufficient conditions for invertibility of a block tridiagonal matrix
Let $M_n \in \mathbb{R}^{N \times N}$ be a block-tridiagonal matrix:
$$M_n = \begin{bmatrix} B_1 & C_1 & 0 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ A_1 & B_2 & C_2 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \...
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How to find eigenvalues of following block matrices?
Is there a procedure to find the eigenvalues of A?
$$A=\begin{bmatrix}X & I &&&&&&&&& 0\\I & 0 & P &&&&&&&&\\& P^t ...
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Determining whether a Schur complement is invertible
Consider the symmetric matrix
$$M = \begin{bmatrix}
A & B \\
B^T & -C
\end{bmatrix}$$
where $A \in \cal{R}^{n \times n}$ and $C \in \cal{R}^{m\times m}$ are symmetric, ...
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Spectral radius of the product of a right stochastic matrix and a block diagonal matrix
Let us define the following matrix:
$C=AB$
where $B$ is a block diagonal matrix with $N$ blocks, $B_1$, $B_2$ … $B_N$, each of dimensions $M \times M$. I know that $B_k = I_M - \mu R_k$ with $R_k$ ...
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One question on block-circulant matrices
Circulant matrices are very useful in digital image processing.
I found the general formula for determinant of circulant matrix.
But I think it is not suitable for block-circulant matrices.
For ...
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Solving a recursion for polynomials defined by a matrix product
Define the polynomial $p_n(X) \in \mathbb{Z}[X_1,...,X_n]$ as the top left entry in $A^n$ for the $(d \times d)$ matrix
\begin{align*}
& A = \left(\begin{matrix}
X_1 & \dots & \...
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Spectrum of this block matrix
Consider the following block matrix
$$A = \left(\begin{matrix} B & T\\ T & 0 \end{matrix} \right)$$
where all submatrices are square and
matrix $B = \mbox{diag}\left(b_1 ,0,0,\dots,0,b_n \...
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Eigenvalues of a block matrix with zero diagonal blocks
Suppose $A$ is a $k_1\times k_2$ matrix with real entries, $k_1<k_2$. Let $M$ be the matrix
\begin{equation}
M:=\begin{pmatrix}
0_{k_1} & A\\ A^\top & 0_{k_2}
\end{pmatrix},
\end{equation}
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Bounds for eigenvalues of block matrix
Let's say I have a block matrix of the form
$$X = \begin{bmatrix} A & B\\ B^T & C\end{bmatrix}$$
where $A$, $C$, and $X$ are all positive definite. I have bounds on both the minimum and ...
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Eigenvalues of a block matrix composed of Toeplitz matrices
If I have a block matrix of the form
$$
M = \begin{pmatrix}
A &B \\[6pt]
-B & C
\end{pmatrix}
$$
and if $A$ is invertible I can write determinant in terms of the Schur ...
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Determinant of block matrix
I expect this to be true and proven, but I can't find any proofs of this. So anyone can confirm or deny this?
Let $R$ be a commutative ring, and let $M$ be a $kn\times kn$ matrix, which can be split ...
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Eigenvalues of block matrix
Given scalars $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$, a symmetric positive definite matrix $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ and a flat matrix $B \in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$, where $m < n$, can I say ...
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How to compute a simultaneous block-diagonalization?
Let $n$ be a positive integer and consider of finite set $S \subset M_n(\mathbb{C})$ such that $S^* = S$ (i.e. if $a \in S$ then $a^* \in S$). The algebra generated by $S$ is a finite dimensional $*$-...
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Singularity of symmetric block matrix with singular diagonal blocks
One can show that the following statement holds:
Given symmetric matrix $A \in \Re^{n \times n}$ and tall matrix $B \in \Re^{n \times p}$ with full column rank,
$$\begin{bmatrix}A & B \\ B^T &...
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Algebra of block matrices with scalar diagonals
I am interested in block matrices $A$, that is $A\in M_{n\times n}(R)$ where $R=M_{s\times s}(k)$ and $k$ is a field, such that for every positive integer $m$ the matrix $A^m$ has only scalar blocks ...
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Eigenvalues of block-hermitian matrices with zero diagonal blocks
I have a matrix of the form
$$D = \left( \begin{array}{cc} 0 & C \\ C^{\dagger} & 0 \end{array} \right)$$
where $C$ is not necessarily hermitian. In general, can we say anything about the ...
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Canonical forms for block-positive-definite matrices
Suppose we are given a block $2\times 2$ matrix that is positive-definite, and let's suppose for simplicity that the blocks along the main diagonal are the identity. So
$$
\begin{bmatrix} I & X \\\...
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Eigenvalues of a specific matrix
I have a block matrix
$$M=\begin{bmatrix}
I_0& I_1& \cdots& I_1\\
I_2& I_0& \ddots& \vdots\\
\vdots& \ddots& \...
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Integer square $2 \times 2$ block matrix inverse
Let $\mathbf{M}$ be an integer square $2 \times 2$ block matrix
$$
\mathbf{M} =
\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
\mathbf{A} & \mathbf{B} \\
\mathbf{C} & \mathbf{D}
\end{array}
\right) ,
$$
where $\...
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of k-blocks matrix
I'm trying to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following $n\times n$ matrix, with $k$ blocks.
\begin{gather*}
X = \left( \begin{array}{cc}
A & B & \cdots & \\
B & A & ...
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Inverse of a larger matrix where the inverse of the submatrix is known
Let $A, A^{-1} \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ be known matrices. Suppose we have an invertible matrix $B \in \mathbb{R}^{(n+1) \times (n+1)}$ of the following form:
$$B = \begin{bmatrix}
A & ...
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When is the following block matrix invertible?
Let
$$A = \begin{bmatrix}
x_{11} A_{11} & x_{12} A_{12} & x_{13} A_{13} & \cdots & x_{1d} A_{1d}\\
x_{21} A_{21} & x_{22} A_{22} & x_{23} A_{23} & \cdots & x_{2d} ...
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Jordan decomposition of a block matrix
Assume $A$ is a block matrix of the form:
$$A=\left[\begin{array}{cccc}
A_{11}&A_{12}&\ldots&A_{1n}\\
A_{21}&A_{22}&\ldots&A_{2n}\\
\vdots&\vdots&\ddots&\vdots\\
...
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Diagonalizing a block tridiagonal matrix
Is there an efficient way to diagonalize a block tridiagonal $N\times N$ matrix of the following form:
\begin{matrix}
A_0 & B & 0 & 0 & \ldots \\
B & A_1 & B & 0 & \...
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Minimum of $\mathrm{rank}\left( \boldsymbol{W} \boldsymbol{H} \right)$, with $\boldsymbol{W}$ block diagonal
Let us assume that we have a full-rank $(n\cdot l)\times k$ matrix, $\boldsymbol{H}$, with no specific structure (e.g., a realization of a Gaussian i.i.d. random matrix), and an $m\times (n\cdot l)$ ...
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eigenvalues of a square block matrix
How can we show that there are not defective eigenvalues for this square block matrix of dimension $2d \times 2d $: \begin{bmatrix}
A&B\\-B& 0
\end{bmatrix}
where A, B are real matrices, $A =\...
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Sufficient conditions for positive semidefiniteness of block matrix
$\newcommand{\Re}{\mathbb{R}}$I m looking for sufficient conditions that may guarantee positive semidefiniteness (PSD) of a block matrix
$$A = \begin{bmatrix} A_{1,1} & \cdots & A_{1,n} \\ \...
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Relation between the eigenvalues of a block matrix and the eigenvalues of its diagonal blocks
Consider the $(m+n) \times (m+n)$ block matrix
$$M = \begin{bmatrix} A & B \\ C & D \end{bmatrix}$$
I need references where they are talking about the relation between the eigenvalues of $M$ ...
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A closed-form expression for the inverse of a block-matrix
Let $\bf A$ be an $n \times n$ non-singular matrix over $\mathbb{F}$.
Let $x$ be a non-zero element of $\mathbb{F}$.
Suppose that ${\bf 1}_{n}$ is a symbol for the all-one vector of length $n$ ...
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