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When is it possible to find the sum of all elements of inverse of a matrix?
Given sum of elements of each row of a positive definite square matrix $M$ of order $n$ all of whose entries are non-negative, when is it possible to find the sum of all elements of the matrix $M^{-1}$...
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Is this an if-and-only-if definition of affine? [closed]
x -> A x+ b.
Quoted from Affine transformation:
In general, an affine transformation
is composed of linear transformations
(rotation, scaling or shear) and a
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Determinant of matrix from set {-1, 1} [closed]
Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{11 \times 11}$ and it's elements are form set $\{ -1,1 \}$. $\mathbb{P}(-1) = \mathbb{P}(1) = 0.5$. What is a probability to get such a matrix, that $\det A > 4000$?
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Is dual cone unique? [closed]
Suppose we have the following relationship, note that $A,B,C$ are closed convex matrix cones,
$A^\ast=C,$
$B^\ast=C,$
can we state that $A=B$? Is the dual cone of a cone is unique?
the definition ...
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Module such that every finitely generated submodule is semisimple [closed]
Is there an example of a module $M$ (over a commutative ring) that is not free, and such that each of its finitely generated submodule is semisimple (i.e. such that any submodule of any finitely ...
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Eigenvalues of cyclic tridiagonal matrix [closed]
The following matrix is the result of a special kind of balanced signed graph of order $n$. In the Matrix $n_1,n_2,..,n_k$ are positive integers, which satisfy $\sum
n_i=n.$ Prove that this matrix ...
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About intersections of two totally isotropic subspaces fo a quadratic form [closed]
Let $Q$ be a quadratic form on $\mathbb R^{2m}$ with the signature $(m,m)$. The maximal totally isotropic subspaces in $(\mathbb R^{2m},Q)$ have then dimensions $m$.
What dimensions $1,...,m-1$ of ...
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Multiple Linear Regression Estimation without full recalc [closed]
Ok, so I am running a classic linear regression where betahat = (X'X)^-1X'y
Due to performance issues, I would like to estimate betahat with an additional data point (x1,x2,x3,x4,...,y) without ...
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A Matrix equation
Let $A$ and $B$ be two $n \times n$ full-rank matrices.
Let $XAY = B$ be the given equation where $X$ and $Y$ are unknown $n \times n$ matrices. We know that $Vec(B) = (Y^{T} \otimes X)Vec(A)$. Under ...
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Little conjecture about sums of reciprocals
Given a finite list $x_i$ of $N$ positive reals, it seems that $\sum_{i=1}^N x_i = \sum_{i=1}^N x_i {}^{-1} \Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^N x_i \geq N$. Can anyone give me a proof?
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Derivative of log determinant [closed]
Let $x_i \in\mathbb{R}^d$ and $a_i\in [0,1]$ for $i = 1,\dots,k$. How to compute the following derivative?
$$
\frac{d}{da_j}\log \det\left(\sum_{i = 1}^k a_ix_ix_i^\top\right).
$$
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Solving a difficult equation for a variable?
I'm trying to obtain the maximum likelihood estimate of the parameters for a model I'm building. I have constants $\sigma$, $\mu$, and $q_0$; a boolean matrix $\alpha$; and vectors $A, \beta, r, d,$ ...
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What is the weakest condition on the matrices A_k that guarantees v_k->0 => A_kv_k->0 ? [closed]
What is the weakest condition on the sequence of real matrices A_k that guarantees that whenever a sequence of real vectores v_k converges to zero, the product A_kv_k also converges to zero?
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sum of positive definite matrix
sum of positive definite matrix $A+B $is positive definite. I want to look at the spectrum of $C=A+B$
can we say the ith largest eigenvalue of $C$ is no less than the ith largest eigenvalue of $A$ i....
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What can we say about the rank of the sum of a multiple of the identity matrix and a symmetric rank-$1$ matrix? [closed]
Suppose we have the following symmetric matrix.
$$A = \sigma^2 I + u u^T$$
What can we say about the eigendecomposition of $A$?
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Property of positive semi-definite
Let $A$ is a positive semi-definite matrix like this:
$$ A = \begin{bmatrix}
1 & \alpha_{1,2} & \alpha_{1,3} & \alpha_{1,4}\\
\alpha_{1,2} & 1 & \alpha_{2,3} & \alpha_{2,4}\\
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Can we attain the maximum and minimum of a Rayleigh quotient over any subspace? [closed]
Let $M\in\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ be a Hermitian matrix and let $E$ be a subspace of $\mathbb{C}^n$.
$$\mbox{Are } \sup_{x\in E\\
x\neq0}\dfrac{x^*Mx}{x^*x}\mbox{ and }\inf_{x\in E\\
x\neq0}\dfrac{x^*...
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Find a columns of matrix $A$ which form a basis of columns space of matrix $A$ [closed]
We have a matrix $A$ whose rows are data records and whose columns are features. We would like to omit useless features such as zero or constant columns, duplicate columns, columns that are equal to ...
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Rotating a known vector over two axis-es to result to another known vector [closed]
Lets assume i have a known vector, for example x = [1,0,0]
After 2 rotations, one over the y axis and one over the z axis, i result in a vector which in this example is x' = [0.5774, 0.5774, 0.5774]
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Rank of a random matrix
Let $x$ a random Gaussian vector of size $n$ with i.i.d coefficients $N(0,1)$. Let $J$ a random matrix with i.i.d coefficients $N(0,\sigma^2/n)$ where $\sigma \in [0,1]$. For any integer T>n, define:
$...
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Are there infinitely many equivalence classes of similar matrices? [closed]
It is easy to show that similarity in matrices is an equivalence relation (two matrices A and B of same size being similar if there exists a matrix P such that B = PAP^(-1) )
Moreover, given a matrix, ...
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Opposite complex structure on Kaehler manifold
Let $(M,J)$ be a Kaehler manifold. How can one describe the opposite complex structure? What is the precise definition of the opposite complex structure? Can one describe the opposite complex ...
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Are the first 4 statistical moments independent? [closed]
Are the first 4 statistical moments independent? Is there a mathematical demonstration that can show independence one from each other? Can the value of one moment influence the value of another? If so,...
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A problem that involves matrix and Lorentz Transformation [closed]
To be clear I address the question in two parts as below. All matrixes involved are real four-dimensional matrixes.
$1.$Let $G$ be the matrix $diag(1,-1,-1,-1)$. $A$ is a matrix satisfying $A G A^T=A^...
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Eliminating redundant linear constraints? [closed]
I have an NxN matrix of linear constraints that is not of full rank. In other words, some of the constraints are linear combinations of other constraints. The "standard" linear algebra tools (...
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A presentation for the group $GL(n,\mathbb{Z}_p)$
Let $n\ge 2$. Let $p$ be a prime and $\mathbb{Z}_p$ denote the finite field with $p$ elements.
I want to know about the presentation for the group $GL(n,\mathbb{Z}_p)$ consisting of its generators and ...
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SU(2) and entangled particles [closed]
We have two particles $A$ and $B$ in a maximally entangled state $|\Psi\rangle \in \cal{H}_A \times \cal{H}_B$
$$
\left|\Psi\right\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} ( \left| 0
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Factorizing polynomials of several variables (in a different perespective)
I am looking for factorization of polynomials of several variables in the way outlined below.
Consider a second degree polynomial of two variables over the complex numbers.
"P(x,y) = Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^...
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Eigenvalues of real symmetric matrix [closed]
Suppose $A$ is a $n \times n$ real symmetric matrix with entries $a_{ij}\geq 1 $ and $a_{ii} = 0 $. Is it possible to have sum of the absolute eigenvalues of
$A < 2 (n - 1).$
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How to calculate $y^T \mbox{diag}(A^T B A) \,y$ efficiently? [closed]
I want to calculate $$y^T \mbox{diag}(A^T B A) \,y$$ where
$y$ is a $n \times 1$ vector.
$A$ is a $m \times n$ matrix where $n \gg m$.
$B$ is a $m \times m$ symmetric positive definite matrix; the ...
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Why is the second order correction to energy zero for a fully degenerate eigensystem? [closed]
Consider the system given by,
$$ H|n\rangle = E|n\rangle$$
where:
$H$ is the hamiltonian.
$|n\rangle$ is the eigenstate.
$E$ is the energy of the eigenstate.
Using degenerate perturbation theory and ...
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Does $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ holds for matrices with spectral radius smaller then 1?
Given a symmetric positive semidefinite matrix matrix $A$, if its spectral radius $0<\rho(A)<1$, does the inequality $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ hold true?
$\|A\|_{2}$ denotes ...
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