Let 0≠c∈C. Take the matrix
AC=(nc…cccnc…cccnc…⋮⋮⋮⋱⋮c……cn)∈Cn×n.
I want to show that AC invertible. It seems like one can compute the determinant explicitly but I messed with it a bit.
How can I prove detAC≠0?
EDIT: We assume c≠n.
Answer
This is a circulant matrix and as such has normalized eigenvectors
vj=1√n(1,ωj,ω2j,…,ωn−1j)
where
ωj=exp(2πijn)
The eigenvalues are
λj=n+cωj+cω2j+⋯+cωn−1j
Taking the product of the eigen values gives the determinant. Now since the ωj are roots of unity we have
n−1∑k=1ωkj=−1
which gives
λj=n−c. Since we have assumed that n≠c no eigenvalue is equal to zero. Hence the determinant is non-zero.
No comments:
Post a Comment