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Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
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Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications

by William Ford
September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
628 pages
24h 57m
English
Academic Press
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Chapter 13

Important Special Systems

Abstract

This chapter discusses two important types of matrices, tridiagonal, and positive definite. A tridiagonal matrix A can be factored into the product of a unit lower triangular matrix L and an upper triangular matrix U whose superdiagonal is equal to that of A. Solving a tridiagonal linear system with this algorithm is a slightly faster than using the Thomas algorithm. The chapter introduces the symmetric positive definite matrix and develops some of its properties. In particular, it shows that a matrix is positive definite if and only if its eigenvalues are positive. Sylvester’s criterion is stated but not proved. Two necessary criteria are developed that allow one to show a matrix is not positive ...

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