REVIEW OF MATRIX

ALGEBRA

Lec 1: Glenda Loraine Sobrio

Learning outcomes:
 Recall matrices
 Review types of matrices and its
operations
 Recognize the importance of matrix
algebra
Matrix
 Set of numbers or symbols arranged in a
square/rectangular array of m rows and n columns.
 Matrix algebra provides at least two important
advantages:
1) it enables reducing complicated systems of
equations to simple expressions that can be
visualized and manipulated more easily, and
2) it provides a systematic, mathematical method
for solving problems that is well adapted to
computers.
Size and dimension of a matrix
 Specified by number of rows “m” and
number of columns “n”.

 Note: Position of an element in a matrix

is defined by double subscript.
Types of Matrices
 Column
 Row
 Rectangular
 Square
 Symmetric
 Diagonal
 Unit
 Transpose of a matrix
Addition and subtraction
 Can be done if both matrices have
“the same dimension”

a. Commutative law:
b. Associative law:
Scalar multiplication of a matrix
 Matrix multiplication
 The number of columns in matrix A
must equal the number of rows in
matrix B.
Assuming that matrices A, B, and C are
conformable for multiplication and in the order
indicated, the following are true:

c.
d.
e.
f. (
The following cautions are also stated:

(g) AB is not generally equal to BA, and

BA may not even be conformable.
(h) If AB =0, neither A nor B necessarily
0.
(i) If AB=AC, B does not necessarily
equal to C.