The Algebra of $S^2$-Upper Triangular Matrices

Abstract

Based on work presented in [4], we define $S^2$-Upper Triangular Matrices and $S^2$-Lower Triangular Matrices, two special types of $d\times d(2d-1)$ matrices generalizing Upper and Lower Triangular Matrices, respectively. Then, we show that the property that the determinant of an Upper Triangular Matrix is the product of its diagonal entries is generalized under our construction. Further, we construct the algebra of $S^2$-Upper Triangular Matrices and give conditions for an LU-Decomposition with $S^2$-Lower Triangular and $S^2$-Upper Triangular Matrices, respectively.

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