MAHLER MATRICES AND THE EQUATION QA = AQM

Abstract

Several sets of matrices are defined; each set forms an abelian group. The elements of the matrices are 0, 1, -1 and other roots of unity (or sums of roots of unity). The determinant, characteristic roots, vectors, and elementary divisors are also found. Thus the matrices form a convenient set of test matrices for a routine which purports to solve a matrix. A typical test matrix may involve nonreal elements; if each element of the matrix is replaced by a 2 by 2 matrix in the usual way the roots of the expanded real matrix are the roots of the test matrix and their conjugates. The vectors of the expanded matrix are easily found also. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0261914

Entities

People

  • J.l. Brenner

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Linear Algebra