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In linear algebra, linear transformations can be represented by matrices.If is a linear transformation mapping to and is a column vector with entries, then there exists an matrix , called the transformation matrix of , [1] such that: = Note that has rows and columns, whereas the transformation is from to .
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If V and W are vector spaces, then the kernel of a linear transformation T: V → W is the set of vectors v ∈ V for which T(v) = 0. The kernel of a linear transformation is analogous to the null space of a matrix. If V is an inner product space, then the orthogonal complement to the kernel can be thought of as a generalization of the row space.
The vectorization is frequently used together with the Kronecker product to express matrix multiplication as a linear transformation on matrices. In particular, vec ( A B C ) = ( C T ⊗ A ) vec ( B ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {vec} (ABC)=(C^{\mathrm {T} }\otimes A)\operatorname {vec} (B)} for matrices A , B , and C of dimensions k ...
This linear fractional transformation is well-defined since U[za + tb: zc + td] does not depend on which element is selected from its equivalence class for the operation. The linear fractional transformations over A form a group, the projective linear group denoted ().
Recall that M = I − P where P is the projection onto linear space spanned by columns of matrix X. By properties of a projection matrix, it has p = rank(X) eigenvalues equal to 1, and all other eigenvalues are equal to 0. Trace of a matrix is equal to the sum of its characteristic values, thus tr(P) = p, and tr(M) = n − p. Therefore,
A transformation A ↦ P −1 AP is called a similarity transformation or conjugation of the matrix A. In the general linear group , similarity is therefore the same as conjugacy , and similar matrices are also called conjugate ; however, in a given subgroup H of the general linear group, the notion of conjugacy may be more restrictive than ...
Given a module M over a ring R, a linear form on M is a linear map from M to R, where the latter is considered as a module over itself. The space of linear forms is always denoted Hom k (V, k), whether k is a field or not. It is a right module if V is a left module.