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Arrowhead like matrix

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In mathematics, an arrowhead-like matrix is a matrix of the form

[ X m × m B o , m × n 0 m × k C o , n × m D n × n C v , n × k 0 k × m B v , k × n 0 k × k ]

where X is a diagonal matrix.

Inverses

When n ≥ k, the arrowhead-like matrix has its inverse matrix

[ X m × m B o , m × n 0 m × k C o , n × m D n × n C v , n × k 0 k × m B v , k × n 0 k × k ] 1 = [ X 1 + X 1 B o ( D D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D ) C o X 1 X 1 B o ( D D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D ) X 1 B o D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 ( D D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D ) C o X 1 D D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D D C v [ B v D C v ] 1 [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D C o X 1 [ B v D C v ] 1 B v D [ B v D C v ] 1 ] D = ( D C o X 1 B o ) 1

special cases:

k = 0:

[ X B o C o D ] 1 = [ X 1 + X 1 B o D C o X 1 X 1 B o D D C o X 1 D ]

k = n:

[ X B o 0 C o D C v 0 B v 0 ] 1 = [ X 1 0 X 1 B o B v 1 0 0 B v 1 C v 1 C o X 1 C v 1 C v 1 ( D C o X 1 B o ) B v 1 ]

References

Arrowhead-like matrix Wikipedia