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Hadamard product (Definition)

Definition Suppose $A=(a_{ij})$ and $B=(b_{ij})$ are two $n\times m$ -matrices with entries in some field. Then their Hadamard product is the entry-wise product of $A$ and $B$ , that is, the $n\times m$ -matrix $A\circ B$ whose $(i,j)$ th entry is $a_{ij} b_{ij}$ .

Properties

Suppose $A,B,C$ are matrices of the same size and $\lambda$ is a scalar. Then \begin{eqnarray*} A\circ B &=& B\circ A, \\ A\circ (B+C) &=& A\circ B + A\circ C, \\ A\circ (\lambda B) &=& \lambda (A\circ B), \end{eqnarray*}
  • If $A,B$ are diagonal matrices, then $A\circ B=AB$ .
  • (Oppenheim inequality) [2]: If $A,B$ are positive definite matrices, and $(a_{ii})$ are the diagonal entries of $A$ , then $$\det A\circ B \ge \det B\,\prod{a_{ii}}$$ with equality if and only if $A$ is a diagonal matrix.

Remark

There is also a Hadamard product for two power series: Then the Hadamard product of $\sum_{i=1}^\infty a_i$ and $\sum_{i=1}^\infty b_i$ is $\sum_{i=1}^\infty a_i b_i$ .

Bibliography

1
R. A. Horn, C. R. Johnson, Topics in Matrix Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
2
V.V. Prasolov, Problems and Theorems in Linear Algebra, American Mathematical Society, 1994.
3
B. Mond, J. E. Pecaric, Inequalities for the Hadamard product of matrices, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 19, Nr. 1, pp. 66-70. (link)




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standard symbol for Hadamard product (ele-by-ele mult)? by RobsMathStinks on 2008-03-01 00:15:25
Is there a standard symbol for the Hadamard product?

This entry uses the centered open dot, and I've seen other references using that too. But then I've also seen the circle-dot used in print, or the heavy solid centered dot, or I've even seen folks (including myself) invent their own symbol.

Thanks. Sorry such a mindless question.
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