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Schur decomposition (Theorem)

If $A$ is a complex square matrix of order n (i.e. $A\in\mathrm{Mat}_n(\mathbb{C})$ , then there exists a unitary matrix $Q \in \mathrm{Mat}_n(\mathbb{C})$ such that

$Q^HAQ = T = D + N$
where $^H$ is the conjugate transpose, $D = \operatorname{diag}(\lambda_1, \dots, \lambda_n)$ (the $\lambda_i$ are eigenvalues of $A$ , and $N \in \mathrm{Mat}_n(\mathbb{C})$ is strictly upper triangular matrix. Furthermore, $Q$ can be chosen such that the eigenvalues $\lambda_i$ appear in any order along the diagonal. [GVL]

Bibliography

GVL
Golub, H. Gene, Van Loan F. Charles: Matrix Computations (Third Edition). The Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 1996.




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See Also: an example for Schur decomposition, proof that $\det e^A = e^{\operatorname{tr}A}$


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corollary of Schur decomposition (Corollary) by Daume
proof of Schur decomposition (Proof) by mps
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Cross-references: diagonal, strictly upper triangular matrix, eigenvalues, conjugate transpose, unitary matrix, order, square matrix, complex
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