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In mathematics, matrix calculus is a specialized notation for doing multivariable calculus, especially over spaces of matrices.It collects the various partial derivatives of a single function with respect to many variables, and/or of a multivariate function with respect to a single variable, into vectors and matrices that can be treated as single entities.
Lemma 1. ′ =, where ′ is the differential of . This equation means that the differential of , evaluated at the identity matrix, is equal to the trace.The differential ′ is a linear operator that maps an n × n matrix to a real number.
A differential equation is a mathematical equation for an unknown function of one or several variables that relates the values of the function itself and its derivatives of various orders. A matrix differential equation contains more than one function stacked into vector form with a matrix relating the functions to their derivatives.
The Jacobian matrix represents the differential of f at every point where f is differentiable. In detail, if h is a displacement vector represented by a column matrix , the matrix product J ( x ) ⋅ h is another displacement vector, that is the best linear approximation of the change of f in a neighborhood of x , if f ( x ) is differentiable ...
In mathematics, a fundamental matrix of a system of n homogeneous linear ordinary differential equations ˙ = () is a matrix-valued function () whose columns are linearly independent solutions of the system. [1]
For n functions of several variables, a generalized Wronskian is a determinant of an n by n matrix with entries D i (f j) (with 0 ≤ i < n), where each D i is some constant coefficient linear partial differential operator of order i. If the functions are linearly dependent then all generalized Wronskians vanish.
In mathematics, the matrix exponential is a matrix function on square matrices analogous to the ordinary exponential function. It is used to solve systems of linear differential equations. In the theory of Lie groups, the matrix exponential gives the exponential map between a matrix Lie algebra and the corresponding Lie group.
The Hessian matrix plays an important role in Morse theory and catastrophe theory, because its kernel and eigenvalues allow classification of the critical points. [2] [3] [4] The determinant of the Hessian matrix, when evaluated at a critical point of a function, is equal to the Gaussian curvature of the function considered as a manifold. The ...