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An involutory matrix which is also symmetric is an orthogonal matrix, and thus represents an isometry (a linear transformation which preserves Euclidean distance). Conversely every orthogonal involutory matrix is symmetric. [3] As a special case of this, every reflection and 180° rotation matrix is involutory.
Every matrix has a transpose, obtained by swapping rows for columns. This transposition is an involution on the set of matrices. Since elementwise complex conjugation is an independent involution, the conjugate transpose or Hermitian adjoint is also an involution. The definition of involution extends readily to modules.
In linear algebra, an invertible matrix is a square matrix that has an inverse. In other words, if some other matrix is multiplied by the invertible matrix, the result can be multiplied by an inverse to undo the operation. An invertible matrix multiplied by its inverse yields the identity matrix. Invertible matrices are the same size as their ...
In mathematics, a Hermitian matrix (or self-adjoint matrix) is a complex square matrix that is equal to its own conjugate transpose—that is, the element in the i-th row and j-th column is equal to the complex conjugate of the element in the j-th row and i-th column, for all indices i and j: = ¯
The inverse function theorem can be generalized to functions of several variables. Specifically, a continuously differentiable multivariable function f : R n → R n is invertible in a neighborhood of a point p as long as the Jacobian matrix of f at p is invertible. In this case, the Jacobian of f −1 at f(p) is the matrix inverse of the ...
A matrix satisfying only the first of the conditions given above, namely + =, is known as a generalized inverse. If the matrix also satisfies the second condition, namely + + = +, it is called a generalized reflexive inverse. Generalized inverses always exist but are not in general unique.
In mathematics, a self-adjoint operator on a complex vector space V with inner product , is a linear map A (from V to itself) that is its own adjoint.That is, , = , for all , ∊ V.
When this matrix is square, that is, when the function takes the same number of variables as input as the number of vector components of its output, its determinant is referred to as the Jacobian determinant. Both the matrix and (if applicable) the determinant are often referred to simply as the Jacobian in literature. [4]