Back substitution 2026-10-06
An upper triangular matrix system with nonzero diagonal is solved from the last row upward. Once are known, use . The nonzero diagonal guarantees a unique solution; this is the final solve after a QR factorization.
Cholesky decomposition 2026-09-28
Every real symmetric positive-definite matrix has a unique factorization in which is a lower triangular matrix with positive diagonal entries.
Each QR decomposition gives
Induction therefore yields the first Accumulated QR factorization identity:
We next prove the corresponding factorization of a matrix power. The case is just . If
then the similarity formula above implies
Consequently,
The product is orthogonal, and the product is upper triangular. Hence
is a QR decomposition.
Using Euler's formula,
Thus
Ordering the modes as , let . Then
Consequently
This matrix is triangular, so its eigenvalues are its diagonal entries:
Upper unitriangular group Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The upper unitriangular group consists of upper triangular matrices with every diagonal entry equal to one. Over it has order and is a Sylow subgroup of .