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Partitioned matrices, also known as block matrices, involve dividing a matrix into smaller submatrices or blocks. The document explains how to create submatrices by crossing out rows and columns, and outlines operations such as addition, scalar multiplication, and matrix multiplication for partitioned matrices. Several examples illustrate the process of multiplying and arranging submatrices.

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Partitioned matrices, also known as block matrices, involve dividing a matrix into smaller submatrices or blocks. The document explains how to create submatrices by crossing out rows and columns, and outlines operations such as addition, scalar multiplication, and matrix multiplication for partitioned matrices. Several examples illustrate the process of multiplying and arranging submatrices.

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LINEAR ALGEBRA

9. PARTITIOED MATRICES
PRESENTED BY: NATHALIE JEANE SARCINO

Partitioned matrices is a division of a matrix into a smaller rectangular matrices


called submatrices or blocks. That is why a partitioned matrices sometimes called a block
matrix.

If we start out with an mxn A = [aij ] and then cross out some, but not all of its rows and
columns, we obtain a submatrix of A.
Example:

If we cross out the 2nd row and the 3rd


Let column, we get a submatrix.

A matrix can be partitioned into submatrices by drawing horizontal lines between


rows and vertical lines between columns. The partitioning can be carried out in many
different ways.

 Partitioned 1:

If and

Then,

Example 1.
1. First, let’s find the product of submatrices one by one from A and B.
a. �11 �1 b. �12 �2 c. �21 �1 d. �22 �2

a. �11 �1 b. �12 �2
c. �21 �1 d. �22 �2

2. Then, add the answers of the two submatrices.


a. �11 �1 �12 �2

b. �21 �1 �22 �2

3. Lastly, arrange.

 Partitioned 2:

If and

wherein the columns of AB are A multiplied


Then, by the columns of B.
Example 2.
1. First, let’s find the product of submatrices one by one from A and B.
a. ��1 b. ��2 c. ��3

a. ��1

b. ��2

c. ��3

2. Then, arrange.
 Partitioned 3:

If and

wherein the rows of AB are the rows of A


Then, multiplied by B.

 Partitioned 4:

If and

Then,
This is called expressing AB as the sum of the
outer products and it turns out to be nifty way of
decomposing the product AB.

Operations with Partitioned Matrices


1. Addition
- If 2 mxn matrices are partitioned in the same way, add corresponding blocks.
2. Scalar Multiplication
- Multiply each block by the scalar.
3. Matrix Multiplication
- To multiply 2 partitioned matrices A and B, the column partition of A must match the row
partition of B.

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