square matrix
SquareMatrix
2002-01-13 04:52:39
2006-08-02 13:15:07
Definition
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A \emph{square matrix} has the same number of rows as columns.
Examples:
\begin{enumerate}
\item
$\begin{pmatrix}
1.00000 & 0.50000 & 0.33333 & 0.25000 \\
0.50000 & 0.33333 & 0.25000 & 0.20000 \\
0.33333 & 0.25000 & 0.20000 & 0.16667 \\
0.25000 & 0.20000 & 0.16667 & 0.14286
\end{pmatrix} $
\item
$\begin{pmatrix}1\end{pmatrix}$
\item
$\begin{pmatrix}
0.94 & 0.37 & 0.71 & 0.32 & 0.58 \\
0.90 & 0.16 & 0.74 & 0.83 & 0.27 \\
0.50 & 0.03 & 0.07 & 0.49 & 0.55 \\
0.15 & 0.59 & 0.43 & 0.03 & 0.76 \\
0.04 & 0.64 & 0.61 & 0.17 & 0.29
\end{pmatrix}$
\item
$\begin{pmatrix} 89 & 38 & 50 \\ 64 & 26 & 98 \\ 40 & 96 & 83 \end{pmatrix}$
\end{enumerate}
The notation $\operatorname{Mat}_n(\mathbb{K})$ is often used to signify the set of square matrices which are of order $n$ (size $n \times n$) with elements drawn from a field $\mathbb{K}$. Thus, one would use $a \in \operatorname{Mat}_3(\mathbb{C})$ to declare that $a$ is a three-by-three matrix with elements that are complex numbers.
\textbf{Property}: Suppose $A$ and $B$ are matrices such that $AB$ is a square matrix. Then the product $BA$ is defined and also a square matrix.