BY Team Aakash Byjus

Orthogonal Matrix Explained With Examples 

NCERT Maths Concept

 Before we study the Orthogonal Matrix, let us understand the definition of the Transpose of a matrix and Identity matrix.

 ‘Transpose’ of a matrix (say A) is a matrix obtained by interchanging its rows into columns or columns into rows. It can be denoted as A Transpose.

‘Identity Matrix’ is a square matrix that has 1s on the main diagonal and zeros everywhere else. A 3×3 identity matrix can be written as

 If the product of a matrix and its transpose results in an identity matrix, we call that matrix an ‘Orthogonal Matrix’.

Let us see the example that explains whether or not the given matrix is an Orthogonal matrix.

Consider a matrix

The transpose of this matrix is written by interchanging the rows into columns or vice versa.

Now find the production A and A transpose and see what is the result.

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