Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 2 19D b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
A QR decomposition of an matrix, , is , where is an orthogonal matrix and is and upper trapezoidal: for . In particular its bottom rows vanish.
Successive left Givens rotations annihilate the entries below the diagonal, column by column. When working on column , rotate rows and ; their earlier columns are already zero, so the earlier eliminations persist. If , thenA product of orthogonal matrices is orthogonal. The construction remains valid for a rank-deficient matrix, although uniqueness is not asserted. This is QR decomposition by Givens rotations.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 1 17A Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
A Givens rotation is the identity except in rows and columns , where it has the blockFor and , choosewhen . ThenIf both entries vanish, any angle works.