APPLIED LINER ALGEBRA

B.Sc. Industrial
Engineering & Management
Semester: 2nd Session: 2020-24
Date: 07-10-2021
Matrices: Basic Operations
The Transpose of a Matrix

If A is an m × n matrix, then its transpose is the n × m

matrix obtained by writing its rows as columns, so that the
ith row of the original matrix becomes the ith column of the
transpose.
We denote the transpose of the matrix A by AT.
The Transpose of a Matrix
The Transpose of a Matrix

 Given any m*n matrix

• the transpose of A (written A ) is the n * matrix

The Transpose of a Matrix
 Transpose of a matrix
Taking the transpose of a matrix is similar to that of a vector:

1 3 8  1 4 6 
if A  4 7 2, then AT  3 7 5
6 5 0  8 2 0

The diagonal elements in the matrix are

unaffected, but the other elements are switched.
The Transpose of a Matrix

 An n × n matrix A is said to be symmetric if AT = A.

 The diagonal elements in the matrix are unaffected, but
the other elements are switched.
 A matrix which is the same as its own transpose is
called symmetric, and one which is the negative of its
own transpose is called skew-symmetric.
The Transpose of a Matrix- Properties
The Transpose of a Matrix