Questions tagged [orthogonal-matrices]
An orthogonal matrix is an invertible real matrix whose inverse is equal to its transpose.
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Heuristics for counting degrees of freedom
I have recently learned about the representation theorem for isotropic,
linear operators, which says the following:
Defintion:
Let $M_n$ be the vector space of $n \times n$ real matrices. We say a ...
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The space of positive definite orthogonal matrices
The matrix $\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1\end{bmatrix}$ is orthogonal and indefinite.
$\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 \\ 0 & 2\end{bmatrix}$ is positive definite and not orthonormal.
and the ...
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On $XX'=I$ such that $AX=XB$ is true when $A,B\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$
Given real symmetric matrices $A,B\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ is it true that $$AX=XB$$ has a solution of form $X$ a permutation matrix iff a solution with $XX'=I$ exists? We are over reals.
It is clear ...
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On $XX'=I$ such that $AX=XB$ is true
Given list of symmetric matrices $\{A_i,B_i\}_{i=1}^r\in\Bbb R^{n\times n}$ where $r\in\Bbb N$ is arbitrary what is a good description of collection of $X\in\Bbb R^{n\times n}$ such that $$XX'=I$$ $$...
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Geodesics on SO(3)
I have two 3D rotations about the origin, represented as
$3 \times 3$ orthogonal matrices $M_1$ and $M_2$
(specified by numerical entries),
and I would like to interpolate (and compute)
a continuous ...
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Need explicit formula for certain "$q$-numbers" involving gcd's
The question is motivated by yet another possible approach to a combinatorial problem formulated previously in "Special" meanders. I'm not giving details of the connection as I believe the ...
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How much redundancy resides in an $n \times n$ orthogonal matrix?
Suppose one has an $n \times n$ orthogonal matrix $M$:
$$
\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
0.239326 & 0.846726 &
0.475161 \\
0.768893 & 0.13356 &
-0.625272 \\
0.592897 & -0....
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Dense symmetric unitary integer matrix?
Can someone give me a nontrivial example of a symmetric unitary integer matrix? I'm looking for something as dense as possible (i.e., not too many 0's); 5 <= size <= 8 would be ideal.
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MInors related problem [closed]
A matrix $A$ has $m$ rows and $n$ colums, such that $m \leq n$. We know that each row of $A$ has the norm $1$ (the norm of an element $x=(x_1,x_2,...,x_n) \in \mathbb{R}^n$ is $||x||=\sqrt{x_1^2+x_2^2+...
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Applying a linear operator to a basis set following SVD orthonormalization
Define $\Phi$ as an $N$x$N$ dense, symmetric matrix, who's columns represent a set of $N$ non-orthogonal bases.
My intention is to:
decompose $\Phi$ via SVD:
$U \Lambda V^T = \Phi$
to create it's ...
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orthogonal group in characteristic 2
Let $O(2,\mathbb{Z}_2)$ be the orthogonal group of order two matrices. On $\mathbb{Z}_2$ there should exist just one odd quadratic form, hence the stabilizer subgroup $O^-$ of an odd quadratic for ...
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Existence of parametrizations of rational orthogonal matrices
I suppose that there are formulas which parametrize all the orthogonal matrices with rational coefficients. Does anyone know anything about it? And what are some publications that discuss this?
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Is it possible to obtain the vectors orthogonal to a given one by orthogonal transformations?
Hello, everyone!
Supposing that there is a unit vector in $n$-dimensional real space $\mathbf{x}_1\in\mathbb{R}^n$, I want to get a group of $n-1$ vectors to form an orthogonal basis with $\mathbf{x}...
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Ring-theoretic version of a matrix problem
Problem #17 in Zhan's survey of open problems in matrix theory is the Li-Poon problem on writing a square real matrix as the linear combination of $k$ orthogonal matrices. They proved that it is ...
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Parametrization of O(3)
Is there a simple way to parametrize the orthogonal group O(3) of 3 by 3 orthogonal matrices?
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