"""Reflecting two columns into a signed upper-triangular factor; output to CWD.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): matrix = np.array([[3., 1.], [4., 2.]]) reflection = np.array([[-3., -4.], [-4., 3.]]) / 5 triangular = reflection @ matrix assert np.allclose(triangular, [[-5, -11/5], [0, 2/5]]) assert np.allclose(reflection @ triangular, matrix) assert np.allclose(matrix.T @ matrix, triangular.T @ triangular) sign = np.diag([-1., 1.]) q = reflection @ sign positive = sign @ triangular assert np.allclose(q @ positive, matrix) assert np.allclose(q.T @ q, np.eye(2)) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10.8, 5.4), dpi=110) fig.patch.set_facecolor("white") datasets = [(matrix, "Original columns", ["(3, 4)", "(1, 2)"]), (triangular, "After the same reflection", ["(−5, 0)", "(−2.2, 0.4)"])] for i, (ax, (columns, title, labels)) in enumerate(zip(axes, datasets)): for j, color in enumerate(["#245f9b", "#c56521"]): end = columns[:, j] ax.annotate("", end, (0, 0), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="-|>", color=color, lw=2.5, mutation_scale=18)) ax.scatter(*end, color=color, s=45, zorder=4) offset = (.15, .2) if i == 0 else (-.6, -.6) if j == 0 else (-.45, .3) ax.text(end[0]+offset[0], end[1]+offset[1], labels[j], color=color, fontsize=12) ax.axhline(0, color="#777777", lw=.8) ax.axvline(0, color="#777777", lw=.8) ax.set_xlim(-6.3, 4.3) ax.set_ylim(-1.2, 5) ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.set_xlabel("First component") ax.set_ylabel("Second component") ax.set_title(title, fontsize=13) ax.grid(alpha=.16) fig.suptitle("Householder elimination: the first column lands on an axis", fontsize=15) fig.text(.5, .07, "Column lengths and their inner product are unchanged. " "The first column's second component becomes zero.", ha="center", fontsize=10.5) fig.text(.5, .025, "This is the intermediate signed R; flipping the first row yields " "the positive-diagonal convention.", ha="center", fontsize=10.5) fig.subplots_adjust(left=.07, right=.98, bottom=.17, top=.86, wspace=.22) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "householder-qr-column-elimination.png", facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()