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Matrix Multiplication

Let $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ be a general $ M\times L$ matrix and let $ \mathbf{B}$ denote a general $ L\times N$ matrix. Denote the matrix product by $ \mathbf{C}=\mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}\, \mathbf{B}$. Then matrix multiplication is carried out by computing the inner product of every row of $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ with every column of $ \mathbf{B}$. Let the $ i$th row of $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ be denoted by $ \underline{a}^{\hbox{\tiny T}}_i$, $ i=1, 2,\ldots,M$, and the $ j$th column of $ \mathbf{B}$ by $ \underline{b}_j$, $ j=1,2,\ldots,N$. Then the matrix product $ \mathbf{C}=\mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}\, \mathbf{B}$ is defined as

$\displaystyle \mathbf{C}= \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}\, \mathbf{B}= \left[\be... ...cdots & <\underline{a}^{\hbox{\tiny T}}_M,\underline{b}_N> \end{array}\right]. $

This definition can be extended to complex matrices by using a definition of inner product which does not conjugate its second argument.H.2

Examples:

$\displaystyle \left[\begin{array}{cc} a & b \\ c & d \\ e & f \end{array}\right... ...gamma & c\beta+d\delta \\ e\alpha+f\gamma & e\beta+f\delta \end{array}\right] $

$\displaystyle \left[\begin{array}{cc} \alpha & \beta \\ \gamma & \delta \end{ar... ...ma a + \delta b & \gamma c + \delta d & \gamma e + \delta f \end{array}\right] $

$\displaystyle \left[\begin{array}{c} \alpha \\ \beta \end{array}\right] \cdot \... ...pha a & \alpha b & \alpha c \\ \beta a & \beta b & \beta c \end{array}\right] $

$\displaystyle \left[\begin{array}{ccc} a & b & c \end{array}\right] \cdot \left... ...} \alpha \\ \beta \\ \gamma \end{array}\right] = a \alpha + b \beta + c \gamma $

An $ M\times L$ matrix $ \mathbf{A}$ can be multiplied on the right by an $ L\times N$ matrix, where $ N$ is any positive integer. An $ L\times N$ matrix $ \mathbf{A}$ can be multiplied on the left by a $ M\times L$ matrix, where $ M$ is any positive integer. Thus, the number of columns in the matrix on the left must equal the number of rows in the matrix on the right.

Matrix multiplication is non-commutative, in general. That is, normally $ \mathbf{A}\,\mathbf{B}\neq \mathbf{B}\,\mathbf{A}$ even when both products are defined (such as when the matrices are square.)

The transpose of a matrix product is the product of the transposes in reverse order:

$\displaystyle (\mathbf{A}\mathbf{B})^{\hbox{\tiny T}} = \mathbf{B}^{\hbox{\tiny T}} \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}} $

The identity matrix is denoted by $ \mathbf{I}$ and is defined as

$\displaystyle \mathbf{I}\isdef \left[\begin{array}{ccccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & \cdots &... ...dots & \vdots & \cdots & \vdots \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & \cdots & 1 \end{array}\right] $

Identity matrices are always square. The $ N\times N$ identity matrix $ \mathbf{I}$, sometimes denoted as $ \mathbf{I}_N$, satisfies $ \mathbf{A}\cdot \mathbf{I}_N =\mathbf{A}$ for every $ M\times N$ matrix $ \mathbf{A}$. Similarly, $ \mathbf{I}_M\cdot \mathbf{A}=\mathbf{A}$, for every $ M\times N$ matrix $ \mathbf{A}$.

As a special case, a matrix $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ times a vector $ \underline{x}$ produces a new vector $ \underline{y}= \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}\underline{x}$ which consists of the inner product of every row of $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ with $ \underline{x}$

$\displaystyle \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}\underline{x}= \left[\begin{array}{c... ...vdots \\ <\underline{a}^{\hbox{\tiny T}}_M,\underline{x}> \end{array}\right]. $

A matrix $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}$ times a vector $ \underline{x}$ defines a linear transformation of $ \underline{x}$. In fact, every linear function of a vector $ \underline{x}$ can be expressed as a matrix multiply. In particular, every linear filtering operation can be expressed as a matrix multiply applied to the input signal. As a special case, every linear, time-invariant (LTI) filtering operation can be expressed as a matrix multiply in which the matrix is Toeplitz, i.e., $ \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}[i,j] = \mathbf{A}^{\!\hbox{\tiny T}}[i-j]$ (constant along diagonals).

As a further special case, a row vector on the left may be multiplied by a column vector on the right to form a single inner product:

$\displaystyle \underline{y}^{\ast }{\underline{x}} = \langle \underline{x},\underline{y}\rangle % \ip brackets huge due to y-underbar $

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