Elementary triangular matrices and inverses of k-Hessenberg and triangular matrices

Abstract

We use elementary triangular matrices to obtain some factorization, multiplication, and inversion properties of triangular matrices. We also obtain explicit expressions for the inverses of strict k-Hessenberg matrices and banded matrices. Our results can be extended to the cases of block triangular and block Hessenberg matrices. An n × n lower triangular matrix is called elementary if it is of the form I + C, where I is the identity matrix and C is lower triangular and has all of its nonzero entries in the k-th column,where 1 ≤ k ≤ n.

Keywords

• Triangular matrices
• factorization
• k-Hessenberg matrices
• matrix inversion