Drazin inverse

Drazin inverse

In mathematics, the Drazin inverse, named after Michael P. Drazin, is a kind of generalized inverse of a matrix.

Let A be a square matrix. The index of A is the least nonnegative integer k such that rank(Ak+1) = rank(Ak). The Drazin inverse of A is the unique matrix AD, which satisfies

A^{k+1} A^D=A^k, \quad A^D A A^D=A^D,\quad A A^D= A^D A.

If A is invertible with inverse A − 1, then AD = A − 1.

The Drazin inverse of a matrix of index 1 is called the group inverse or {1,2,5}-inverse and denoted A#.

A projection P, as P2 = P, has index 1 and PD = P.

If A is a nilpotent matrix (for example a shift matrix), then AD = 0.

The hyper-power sequence is

A_{i+1}:=A_i+A_i\left(I- A A_i\right); for convergence notice that A_{i+j}=A_i \sum_{k=0}^{2^j-1} (I-A A_i)^k.

For A0: = αA or any regular A0 with A0A = AA0 chosen such that \|A_0-A_0 A A_0\|<\|A_0\| the sequence tends to its Drazin inverse,

A_i \rightarrow A^D.

See also

References

  • Drazin, M. P., Pseudo-inverses in associative rings and semigroups, The American Mathematical Monthly 65(1958)506-514 JSTOR
  • Bing Zheng and R. B. Bapat, Generalized inverse A(2)T,S and a rank equation, Applied Mathematics and Computation 155 (2004) 407-415 DOI 10.1016/S0096-3003(03)00786-0

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