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A tridiagonal matrix is a matrix that is both upper and lower Hessenberg matrix. [2] In particular, a tridiagonal matrix is a direct sum of p 1-by-1 and q 2-by-2 matrices such that p + q/2 = n — the dimension of the tridiagonal. Although a general tridiagonal matrix is not necessarily symmetric or Hermitian, many of those that arise when solving
In numerical linear algebra, the tridiagonal matrix algorithm, also known as the Thomas algorithm (named after Llewellyn Thomas), is a simplified form of Gaussian elimination that can be used to solve tridiagonal systems of equations. A tridiagonal system for n unknowns may be written as
Householder transformations can be used to calculate a QR decomposition. Consider a matrix tridiangularized up to column , then our goal is to construct such Householder matrices that act upon the principal submatrices of a given matrix
A matrix that is both upper Hessenberg and lower Hessenberg is a tridiagonal matrix, of which the Jacobi matrix is an important example. This includes the symmetric or Hermitian Hessenberg matrices. A Hermitian matrix can be reduced to tri-diagonal real symmetric matrices. [7]
In algebra, the continuant is a multivariate polynomial representing the determinant of a tridiagonal matrix and having applications in continued fractions. Definition [ edit ]
In linear algebra, the Cholesky decomposition or Cholesky factorization (pronounced / ʃ ə ˈ l ɛ s k i / shə-LES-kee) is a decomposition of a Hermitian, positive-definite matrix into the product of a lower triangular matrix and its conjugate transpose, which is useful for efficient numerical solutions, e.g., Monte Carlo simulations.
A band matrix with k 1 = k 2 = 0 is a diagonal matrix, with bandwidth 0. A band matrix with k 1 = k 2 = 1 is a tridiagonal matrix, with bandwidth 1. For k 1 = k 2 = 2 one has a pentadiagonal matrix and so on. Triangular matrices. For k 1 = 0, k 2 = n−1, one obtains the definition of an upper triangular matrix
The determinant of such a matrix is the product of the Pfaffians of the two matrices obtained by first setting in the original matrix the upper left entry to zero and then copying, respectively, the negative transpose of the first row to the first column and the negative transpose of the first column to the first row.