<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Linear Algebra on Teddy Rook Book</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/</link><description>Recent content in Linear Algebra on Teddy Rook Book</description><image><title>Teddy Rook Book</title><url>https://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpg</url><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpg</link></image><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Linear Systems and Their Pictures</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/systems-pictures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/systems-pictures/</guid><description>See a system as intersecting lines and planes, or as combining columns. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Augmented Matrices and Row Operations</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/augmented-matrices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/augmented-matrices/</guid><description>Swap, scale and add rows without changing the solutions. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Gaussian Elimination and Echelon Form</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/echelon-form/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/echelon-form/</guid><description>Clear entries below each pivot. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Reduced Row Echelon Form</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/rref/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/rref/</guid><description>Make every pivot 1 with zeros above and below. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Free Variables and Parametric Solutions</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/parametric-solutions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/parametric-solutions/</guid><description>Write every solution in terms of the free variables. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>When Solutions Exist and Are Unique</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/existence-uniqueness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/existence-uniqueness/</guid><description>Read the answer from the pivot positions. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Vectors in Rⁿ and Linear Combinations</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-combinations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-combinations/</guid><description>Scale and add vectors to reach new ones. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Span</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/span/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/span/</guid><description>The span is every linear combination of a set of vectors. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Matrix Equation Ax = b</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-equation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-equation/</guid><description>Ax is a combination of the columns of A. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Homogeneous Systems</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/homogeneous-systems/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/homogeneous-systems/</guid><description>Ax = 0 always has the zero solution; the question is whether there are others. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Linear Independence</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-independence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-independence/</guid><description>No vector in the set is a combination of the others. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Matrix Operations and Transposes</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-algebra/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-algebra/</guid><description>Add, multiply and transpose, minding the order. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Inverses by Gauss–Jordan</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-inverse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-inverse/</guid><description>Row-reduce A next to I until A becomes I; then I has become A⁻¹. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Invertible Matrix Theorem</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/invertible-matrix-theorem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/invertible-matrix-theorem/</guid><description>Many statements about a square matrix are all true or all false together. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Elementary Matrices and LU Factorization</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/lu-factorization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/lu-factorization/</guid><description>Record elimination as A = LU. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Linear Transformations</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-transformations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/linear-transformations/</guid><description>T(u + v) = T(u) + T(v) and T(cu) = cT(u). Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Matrix of a Linear Transformation</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/standard-matrix/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/standard-matrix/</guid><description>The columns are the images of the standard basis vectors. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Rotations, Reflections, Shears and Projections</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/geometric-maps/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/geometric-maps/</guid><description>Read and build matrices for common plane maps. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Composition as Matrix Multiplication</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/composition-products/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/composition-products/</guid><description>Doing S after T has matrix ST. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>One-to-One and Onto</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/one-to-one-onto/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/one-to-one-onto/</guid><description>Pivots in every column mean one-to-one; in every row mean onto. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Neural Network Layers: Matrices and Switches</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/neural-network-layers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/neural-network-layers/</guid><description>A layer computes ReLU(Wx + b); stack two and you can trace the whole network by hand. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Determinants by Cofactor Expansion</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/cofactor-expansion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/cofactor-expansion/</guid><description>Expand along any row or column. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Properties of Determinants</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/determinant-properties/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/determinant-properties/</guid><description>Row operations change the determinant in predictable ways; det(AB) = det A det B. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Determinants as Area and Volume</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/determinant-geometry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/determinant-geometry/</guid><description>|det A| is the factor by which A scales area or volume. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Cramer's Rule and the Adjugate</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/cramers-rule/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/cramers-rule/</guid><description>Solve small systems and invert with determinants. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Writing Short Proofs</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/light-proofs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/light-proofs/</guid><description>Prove statements from definitions, one justified step at a time. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Vector Spaces and Subspaces</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/vector-spaces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/vector-spaces/</guid><description>A subspace contains 0 and is closed under addition and scaling. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Null Space and Column Space</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/null-column-spaces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/null-column-spaces/</guid><description>Nul A solves Ax = 0; Col A is the span of the columns. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Bases</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/basis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/basis/</guid><description>A basis spans and is independent. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Dimension and Rank</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/dimension-rank/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/dimension-rank/</guid><description>Every basis has the same size; rank is the dimension of the column space. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Rank–Nullity Theorem and the Four Subspaces</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/rank-nullity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/rank-nullity/</guid><description>rank + nullity = number of columns. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Coordinates and Change of Basis</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/change-of-basis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/change-of-basis/</guid><description>Describe vectors in a new basis with a change-of-coordinates matrix. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/eigen-intro/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/eigen-intro/</guid><description>Av = λv: A only stretches v. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Characteristic Equation</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/characteristic-equation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/characteristic-equation/</guid><description>Solve det(A − λI) = 0. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Eigenspaces and Multiplicity</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/eigenspaces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/eigenspaces/</guid><description>Each eigenvalue has a space of eigenvectors. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Diagonalization</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/diagonalization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/diagonalization/</guid><description>A = PDP⁻¹ when there are enough independent eigenvectors. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Matrix Powers and Markov Chains</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-powers-markov/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/matrix-powers-markov/</guid><description>Use Aᵏ = PDᵏP⁻¹ and find steady states. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Complex Eigenvalues</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/complex-eigenvalues/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/complex-eigenvalues/</guid><description>Complex eigenvalues signal rotation. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Similar Matrices</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/similar-matrices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/similar-matrices/</guid><description>Similar matrices describe the same map in different bases. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Length and Orthogonality in Rⁿ</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonality/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonality/</guid><description>Vectors are orthogonal when their dot product is 0. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Orthogonal Complements</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-complements/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-complements/</guid><description>Row space and null space are perpendicular. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Orthogonal Projections</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-projections/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-projections/</guid><description>Find the closest point in a subspace. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Gram–Schmidt and QR</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/gram-schmidt-qr/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/gram-schmidt-qr/</guid><description>Turn any basis into an orthonormal one. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Least Squares</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/least-squares/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/least-squares/</guid><description>Solve AᵀAx̂ = Aᵀb to fit data. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Orthogonal Matrices</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-matrices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/orthogonal-matrices/</guid><description>QᵀQ = I: rotations and reflections preserve length. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Symmetric Matrices and the Spectral Theorem</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/spectral-theorem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/spectral-theorem/</guid><description>A symmetric matrix has an orthonormal basis of eigenvectors. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Quadratic Forms and Positive Definite Matrices</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/quadratic-forms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/quadratic-forms/</guid><description>xᵀAx &amp;gt; 0 for all x ≠ 0 exactly when all eigenvalues are positive. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>The Singular Value Decomposition</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/svd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/svd/</guid><description>A = UΣVᵀ for every matrix. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item><item><title>Low-Rank Approximation and Applications</title><link>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/svd-applications/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://teddyrookbook.com/math/linear-algebra/svd-applications/</guid><description>Keep the largest singular values to compress data. Linear Algebra · Math Ladder</description></item></channel></rss>