rank Definition and 290 Threads

Homework Statement In the figure below (see image in color), light travels from material 'a', through three layers of other materials with surfaces parallel to one another, and then back into another layer of material 'a'. The refractions (but not the associated reflections) at the surfaces...

Hello MHB, "Can we construct a $$4x4$$ Matrix $$B$$ so that rank $$B=4$$ but rank $$B^2=3$$" My thought: we got one condition for this to work is that det $$B=0$$ and det $$B^2 \neq 0$$ and B also have to be a upper/lower or identity Matrix. And this Will not work.. I am wrong or can I explain...

Hello MHB, I would like to have a tips for this problem. Find a matrice $$A$$ of the order $$4 x 4$$ satisfying that rank $$A=3$$, rank $$A^2=2$$, rank $$A^3=1$$ and rank $$A^4=0$$ I have no idé how I should think and to try guess the matrice don't fel correct.. $$|\pi\rangle$$

Similar matrices share certain properties, such as the determinant, trace, eigenvalues, and characteristic polynomial. In fact, all of these properties can be determined from the character polynomial alone. However, similar matrices also share the same rank. I was wondering if the rank is...

I'm currently a Computer Engineering undergraduate student at the State University of Campinas (Brazil), and according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, my university is ranked second best in Latin America. I'm considering to pursue a graduate level education on a top-tier...

Homework Statement calculate the rank order correlation between the following data: 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 8, 3, 7, 6, 7, 5, 5, 4, 2, 7, 6, 2, 4, 6 4, 3, 6, 7, 6, 7, 1, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 1, 2, 9, 5, 4 Homework Equations Following the output from...

Hey! I found this interesting theorem in a textbook, but I was unable to find a proof for it neither in the web nor on my own Homework Statement The rank of a block triangular matrix is at least and can be greater than the triangular blocks. proof? specificaly, look here: pp. 25...

Homework Statement The question is: Let C be a symmetric matrix of rank one. Prove that C must have the form C=aww^T, where a is a scalar and w is a vector of norm one. Homework Equations n/a The Attempt at a Solution I think we can easily prove that if C has the form...

The question is:Let $C$ be a symmetric matrix of rank one. Prove that $C$ must have the form $C=aww^T$, where $a$ is a scalar and $w$ is a vector of norm one.(I think we can easily prove that if $C$ has the form $C=aww^T$, then $C$ is symmetric and of rank one. But what about the opposite...

How come a square matrix has eigenvalues of 0 and the trace of the matrix? Is there any other proof other than just solving det(A-λI)=0?

Hello everyone, i am dealing with the code which can help me to solve fluid dynamics problems with using LBM methods. Anyways, since i am beginner on Fortran i couldn't solve the rank mismatch error, i think it is easy one but i just can't fix it, i am waiting for your help. Here is the problem...

This is my own code, and it won't compile with gfortran. All I want to do is extract the location of the cell with the minimum value in an array. A seemingly simple task but one that does not work with the intrinsic function minloc, for reasons I do not understand. The error message...

I don't understand why the rank = n -- Rank-nullity theorem -- nullity Homework Statement I'm working on #1 (the solutions are also included in that pdf) here ( http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06sc-linear-algebra-fall-2011/ax-b-and-the-four-subspaces/exam-1/MIT18_06SCF11_ex1s.pdf )...

If rank of A is 2. Is it possible to find the rank of A+A2+A3+A4 from that information? Please help

Hello everyone, I would like to post this problem here in this forum. Having the following block matrix: \begin{equation} M=\begin{bmatrix} S_1 &C\\ C^T &S_2\\ \end{bmatrix} \end{equation} I would like to find the function $f$ that holds rank(M)=f( rank(S1), rank(S2)). S_1 and S_2 are...

how to calculate rank of 2 by 1 matrix..?? hey guys so i am well familiar with finding out rank of square matrices but if matrix is just a row or column vector then how to determine its rank..considering the example below: a=[x1 x2 x3] where is column matrix while x1,x2,x3 are...

Hello all, I have a question: assume in matrix M(n*n), each element M(i,j) of matrix is computed as M(i&)*M(&j) / M(&&) where M(i&) is the summation of ith row, and M(&j) is the summation of jth column and M(&&) is the summation of all M(ij) for i=1..n and j=1..n. Now I want to know what is...

I am choosing between a rank 24 uni and a rank 45 uni, should rank have any effect on my decision?

Homework Statement Find the rank off matrices? i)A=[2 0 9 2; 1 4 6 0; 3 5 7 1 ] 3X4 ii)A=[3 1 4; 0 5 8; -3 4 4; 1 2 4;] 4X3 Find Eigen Vectors and Values of A; A = [3 2 4; 2 0 2; 4 2 3 ] Homework Equations -when det(A) is not equal to zero it will the rank of matrices...

I been reading some material that lead me to understand that it takes an inner product of a dyad and a vector to obtain another vector at an angle to the initial one... cross product among two vectors would be an option only if we are willing to settle to a right angle. After few days i...

1.(a) Give an example of 3*3 matrix whose column space is a plane through the origin in 3-space (b) what kind of geometry object is the null space and row space of your matrix 2. Prove that if a matrix A is not square, then either the row vectors or the column vectors of A are linearly dependent.

Homework Statement Let M be the 12 x 7 coefficient matrix of a homogeneous linear system, and suppose that this system has the unique solution 0 = (0, ..., 0) \in ℝ7. 1. What is the rank of M. 2. Do the columns of M, considered as vectors in ℝ12, span ℝ12. Homework Equations The...

I'm trying to keep a balance in difficulty next quarter and would appreciate some feedback as to the difficulty of these classes. The four I'm choosing between are Linear Algebra (upper division), Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Differential Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations, and...

Homework Statement let a be the vector [2,3,1] in R3 and let T:R3-->R3 be the map given by T(x) =(ax)a State with reasons, the rank and nullity of THomework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Im having trouble understanding this... I know how to do this with a matrix ie row reduce and no. of...

If all the letters of the world $\bf{\mathbb{INDONESIA}}$ are arrange in a English Dictonary, Then $(a)\;\; $ Rank of The word $\bf{\mathbb{INDONESIA}}$ $(b)\;\; 61^{th}$ Letter in Dictonary araanging $\bf{\mathbb{INDONESIA}}$

Homework Statement Small masses m1 (m1 = 30 kg) and m2 (m2A = 5 kg; m2B = 10 kg; m2C = 40 kg; m2D = 50 kg; m2E = 30 kg) are each attached to a string of length 2.0 m. The other end of each string is attached to a common point on the ceiling. The masses are raised until each string is at an...

Rank the following velocities according to the kinetic energy a particle will have with each velocity, greatest first: (a) v = 4i +3j, (b) v = -4i +3j, (c) v = -3i + 4j, (d) v = 3i - 4j, (e) v = 5i, and (f) v = 5 m/s at 30 degrees to the horizontal. K = 1/2mv^2 I am not sure how to...

I hope I'm posting this in the right place. Homework Statement Let V be a finite dimensional vector space over a field F and T an operator on V. Prove that Range(T^{2}) = Range(T) if and only if Ker(T^{2}) = Ker(T) Homework Equations Rank and Nullity theorem: dim(V) = rank(T) +...

Homework Statement The graph of y=f(x) is shown below. http://Newton.science.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/plot.png?file=public_public_1346904771_18810161_plot.data Rank the following from smallest(1) to largest(4). f−1(0) f(0) f(5) f−1(5) Homework Equations none available The...

Homework Statement http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5227/nxnmatrix.png Homework Equations Rank(A) = the number of pivots in Matrix A. The Attempt at a Solution I've spent some time rewriting the matrix and other operations. I really just feel like I'm banging my head against the wall. Not...

how that the rank of the adjugate matrix (r(adj(A))) is : n if r(A)=n 1 if r(A)=n-1 0 if r(A)<n-1 How to deal with the proof? Can someone give more insight? What proof should I use here? I have an idea only for the third statement.

Hello, I am having somewhat difficulty understanding the concepts of rank deficiency and hourglassing in finite element methods. Essentially, I have been reading a book outlining this very briefly on half a page and I need a bit more information. As an example: If we have a 2D elasticity...

Are there any real life applications of the rank of a matrix? It need to have a real impact which motivates students why they should learn about rank.

Are there any real life applications of the rank of a matrix? It need to have a real impact which motivates students why they should learn about rank.

Homework Statement The decreasing order of rate of SN2 reaction is: a)CH3-Cl b)CH3-CO-CH2-Cl Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I have been trying hard to find the reason why i am wrong. It's obvious that less hindrance, more reactivity towards SN2. Using the same...

Let $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space. Let $T$ be a linear transformation on $V$ with eigenvalue $0$. A vector $v \in V$ is said to have rank $r > 0$ w.r.t eigenvalue $0$ if $T^rv=0$ but $T^{r-1}v\neq 0$. Let $x,y \in V$ be linearly independent and have ranks $r_1$ and $r_2$ w.r.t...

Hello Both of the below theorems are listed as properties 6 and 7 on the wikipedia page for the rank of a matrix. I want to prove the following, If A is an M by n matrix and B is a square matrix of rank n, then rank(AB) = rank(A). Apparently this is a corollary to the theorem If A...

I am at community college right now doing my TAG (transfer admission guarantee) to a UC school. The problem is you only get 1 school to TAG to. I have been thinking about UC Davis, mostly because I've lived in southern california all my life and wanted a change of scenery. The other schools I...

Homework Statement Let H be an \infty-dimensional Hilbert space and T:H\to{H} be an operator. Show that if T is compact, bounded and has closed range, then T has finite rank. Do not use the open-mapping theorem. Let B(H) denote the space of all bounded operators mapping H\to{H}, K(H) denote...

Hi: I see an principle about rank one matrice in the book, and it says if u=(1,2,3), \nut=[1 3 10], with Ax=0, the equation \nutx=0; The problem is I see an example like following: s1=[-3 1 0] s2=[-10 0 1] The nullspace contains all combination of s1...

I'm looking into the stability of a system of ODEs, for which we've mannaged to extract a Jacobian matrix. Two of our eigenvalues are within our nummerical error tolerance, but they are close to zero. One of them is positive, which poses a problem for our stability analysis. We do know that...

I found this theorem on Prasolov's Problems and Theorems in Linear Algebra: Let V be a \mathbb{C}-vector space and A,B \in \mathcal{L}(V) such that rank([A,B])\leq 1. Then A and B has a common eigenvector. He gives this proof: The proof will be carried out by induction on n=dim(V). He...

Homework Statement Let A be an n x n matrix where n \geq 2. Show that A^{\alpha} = 0 (where A^{\alpha} is the cofactor matrix and 0 here denotes the zero matrix, whose entries are the number 0) if and only if rankA \leq n-2 Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution No idea...

Use the power method to rank the baseball league with the matrix { 1, .5, .5} {.5, 1, 1/3} {.5, 2/3, 1} So I choose some random matrix which sum to one so let x={.5,.3,.2}^T So { 1, .5, .5} {.5, 1, 1/3} {.5,.3,.2}^T= X_{1} {.5, 2/3, 1} And I keep repeating this...

Ok, so I am taking my first course in linear algebra, and even though I am not a math major (physics major actually), I can't help but wish my teacher and text were more rigorous. So let me start by telling you all the problem I am having: (First question) My book states the following...

Hi all, I am trying to find the probability that a matrix has full rank. Consider a K*N matrix where the first K columns are linearly independent columns and the next N-K columns are linear combinations of these K columns. I want to find the probability that a sub matrix formed by...

Did any 1 get into grad school at MIT without being the first ranker at your school? If yes what was it that made you stand out??

Is there a short and simple proof of the Nullity - Rank Theorem which claims that if T: U->V is a linear transformation then rank(T)+Nullity(T)=n where n is the n dimension vector space U.

http://www.viewdocsonline.com/document/8uu6tm You can zoom in on the proof by tabs down to the left. I have understood all of the proof until the last part where they introduce the transpose of A after they have proved that row rank of A is equal or less than column rank of A. Why do...

Is the following statement correct? To find the rank of a matrix, reduce the matrix using elementary row operations to row-echelon form. Count the number of not-all-zero rows and not-all-zero columns. The rank is smaller of those 2 numbers.