Chapter 6: Problem 8
Let \(A\) be a symmetric positive definite matrix and let \(Q\) be an orthogonal diagonalizing matrix. Use the factorization \(A=Q D Q^{T}\) to find a nonsingular matrix \(B\) such that \(B^{T} B=A\)
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Chapter 6: Problem 8
Let \(A\) be a symmetric positive definite matrix and let \(Q\) be an orthogonal diagonalizing matrix. Use the factorization \(A=Q D Q^{T}\) to find a nonsingular matrix \(B\) such that \(B^{T} B=A\)
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Let \(A\) be a Hermitian matrix with eigenvalues \(\lambda_{1}, \ldots, \lambda_{n}\) and orthonormal eigenvectors \(\mathbf{u}_{1}, \ldots, \mathbf{u}_{n} .\) Show that \\[ A=\lambda_{1} \mathbf{u}_{1} \mathbf{u}_{1}^{H}+\lambda_{2} \mathbf{u}_{2} \mathbf{u}_{2}^{H}+\cdots+\lambda_{n} \mathbf{u}_{n} \mathbf{u}_{n}^{H} \\]
Show that a nonzero nilpotent matrix is defective.
Show that if \(A\) is a symmetric positive definite matrix, then \(A\) is nonsingular and \(A^{-1}\) is also positive definite.
Let \\[ A=\left(\begin{array}{rrrr} 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 \end{array}\right) \\] (a) Compute the \(L U\) factorization of \(A\) (b) Explain why \(A\) must be positive definite.
For each of the following matrices, compute the determinants of all the leading principal submatrices and use them to determine whether the matrix is positive definite: (a) \(\left(\begin{array}{rr}2 & -1 \\ -1 & 2\end{array}\right)\) (b) \(\left(\begin{array}{ll}3 & 4 \\ 4 & 2\end{array}\right)\) (c) \(\left(\begin{array}{rrr}6 & 4 & -2 \\ 4 & 5 & 3 \\ -2 & 3 & 6\end{array}\right)\) (d) \(\left(\begin{array}{rrr}4 & 2 & 1 \\ 2 & 3 & -2 \\ 1 & -2 & 5\end{array}\right)\)
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