Monday, September 23, 2013

A is a square matrix. Write the value of A(adj A)

To find the adjugate of a square matrix A, we'll first
find the cofactor matrix of A.


The cofactor (i,j) of the
cofactor matrix of A is:


`C_(i,j) = (-1)^(i+j)*M_(i,j)` ,
where `M_(i,j)` represents a minor of the matrix A which is the determinant that can be
found suppressing the row i and the column j of the matrix
A.


Let's calculate the adj.(A), where A is 2*2 square
matrix:


(a , b)


A
=


(c , d)


We'll calculate the
cofactor elements of the cofactor matrix A.


`C_(1,1) =
(-1)^(1+1)*M_(1,1,)`


We notice that if we'll suppress the
1st row and the 1st column, we'll get the element d, therefore the minor `M_(1,1)` is
the element d.


`M_(1,1) =
d`


`C_(1,1) = d`


`C_(1,2) =
(-1)^(3)*M_(1,2)`



We notice that if we'll
suppress the 1st row and the 2nd column, we'll get the element
c.


`C_(1,2) = -c`


`C_(2,1) =
(-1)^(3)*b`


`C_(2,1) = -
b`


`C_(2,2) = a`


The cofactor
matrix of A is:


(d , -c)


C
=


(-b , a)


Now, we'll
calculate the transpose of the cofactor matrix, such as the 1st row (d , -c) becomes the
1st column and the 2nd row (-b , a) becoms the 2nd
column:


(d , -b)


`C^(T) =
`


(-c , a).


The
adjoint of the matrix A is the transpose of the cofactor matrix: adj.(A) = `C^(T)`
.

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