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Similarly, <math>y \in C(A) </math>implies <math>\exists x </math> such that <math> y_{n \times 1} = A^T_{n \times m} x_{m \times 1}</math> | Similarly, <math>y \in C(A) </math>implies <math>\exists x </math> such that <math> y_{n \times 1} = A^T_{n \times m} x_{m \times 1}</math> | ||
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== Rank and nullity == | == Rank and nullity == |
Revision as of 14:25, 5 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
.
Vector spaces associated with a matrix
As already stated before, the columns of form a subset of
. The subspace of
generated by these columns is said to be the column space of
, written as
. Similarly, the transposes of the rows form a subset of the vector space
. The subspace of
generated by these is known as the row space of
, written as
.
implies
such that
Similarly, implies
such that
The set forms a subspace of
, known as the null space
of
.