Linear Algebra : Operations and Properties

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Example Question #8 : Orthogonal Matrices

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Example Question #271 : Operations And Properties

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Example Question #1 : Orthogonal Matrices

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Example Question #14 : Orthogonal Matrices

Which of the matrices is orthogonal?

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An x matrix  is defined to be orthogonal if

where  is the x identity matrix.

We see that

And so 

 is orthogonal.

Example Question #15 : Orthogonal Matrices

Which of the matrices is orthogonal?

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An x matrix  is defined to be orthogonal if

where  is the x identity matrix.

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 is orthogonal.

Example Question #274 : Operations And Properties

By definition, an orthogonal matrix is a square matrix  such that 

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Notice that this also means that the transpose of an orthogonal matrix is its inverse.

Example Question #355 : Linear Algebra

Assume M is an orthogonal matrix.  Which of the following is not always true?

 

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All of these options are always true.

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Let us examine each of the options:

 

  This is the definition of an orthogonal matrix; it is always true.

 This can be directly proved from the previous statment.  If you subtitute the inverse for the transpose in the definition equation, it is still true.

 The determinant of any orthogonal matrix is either 1 or -1.  This statment can be proved in the following way:

 

The incorrect statment is .  Consider an example matrix:

which has a transpose

M and its transpose are clearly not equal.  However, if we multiply them, we can see that their product is the identity matrix and they are therefore orthogonal.

 

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