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Toeplitz Matrix

Given $2n-1$ numbers $a_k$ where $k=-n+1$, ..., $-1$, 0, 1, ..., $n-1$, a Toeplitz matrix is Matrix which has constant values along negative-sloping diagonals, i.e., a matrix of the form

\begin{displaymath}
\left[{\matrix{
a_0 & a_{-1} & a_{-2} & \cdots & a_{-n+1}\c...
...s & a_{-1}\cr
a_{n-1} & \cdots & a_2 & a_1 & a_0\cr}}\right].
\end{displaymath}

Matrix equations of the form

\begin{displaymath}
\sum_{j=1}^n a_{i-j}x_j=y_i
\end{displaymath}

can be solved with ${\mathcal O}(n^2)$ operations.

See also Vandermonde Matrix




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1999-05-26