March 2020
Intermediate to advanced
301 pages
8h 23m
English
Matrix functions are very important in matrix analysis. They play important roles in many scientific and engineering applications.
The term “matrix function” may have different meanings in mathematics[12]. In this chapter, the following definition is mainly used.
Given a scalar function and a complex square matrix , if the independent variable x is substituted by matrix , is a matrix of the same size, then is referred to as a matrix function.
It can be seen that matrix function is an extension of scalar function. It is itself a function, and can be used to map one matrix into another through matrix function. An example below is given to demonstrate the extension from scalar functions. ...
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