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symmetric matrix

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symmetric matrix
n. Mathematics
A matrix that is its own transpose.

symmetric matrix
n
(Mathematics) Maths a square matrix that is equal to its transpose, being symmetrical about its main diagonal. A skew symmetric matrix is equal to the negation of its transpose Compare orthogonal matrix


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00 Paperback Software, environments, and tools QA218 The Lanczos algorithm is one of the most frequently used to compute a few eigenvalues of a large sparse symmetric matrix, but it does not fulfill its theoretical potential when used in finite precision arithmetic.
For example, using a computer with available physical memory of 270 MB, the assembling time for a 630 MB size banded symmetric matrix was about 40 sec with 200 MB block size while it took 17 min with the virtual memory.
 
 
 
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