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Appendix D 273 Appendix D: Matrix methods This appendix has been taken from the “Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy” script, not all subsections apply to chemical kinetics. D.1 Definition I Matrices: A matrix is a rectangular, × dimensional array of numbers : A = ⎛ ⎜ ⎝ ⎞ 11 12 13 1 21 22 23 2 ⎟ . . . . ⎠ 1 2 3 (D.1) The are called the matrix elements. We will need to consider only × dimensional square matrices, which we can think of as a collection of column vectors a : ⎛ ⎞ 11 12 1 A = ⎜ 21 22 2 ⎟ ⎝ . . . ⎠ (D.2) 1 2 I Notation: Matrices will be denoted by bold symbols: A (D.3) I Matrix manipulation by computer programs: Matrix manipulations are carried out efficiently using computer programs (see, e.g., Press1992) or with symbolic algebra programs. 56 56 The most commmon symbolic math programs are MathCad, MuPad, Maple, andMathematica. MathCad and Mathematica are available in the PC lab.

Appendix D 274 D.2 Special matrices and matrix operations I Identity matrix: I = 1 I = 1 = ⎛ ⎜ ⎝ 10 0 01 0 . . . 00 1 ⎞ ⎟ ⎠ (D.4) We frequently use the Kronecker : = (D.5) where ½ 1 for = = 0 for 6= (D.6) I Diagonal matrices: ⎛ ⎜ ⎝ ⎞ 11 0 0 22 0 ⎟ . . . . ⎠ 0 0 (D.7) I Block diagonal matrices: ⎛ ⎞ 11 12 0 ⎜ 21 22 0 ⎟ ⎝ . . . . ⎠ 0 0 (D.8) I Complex conjugate (c.c.) of a matrix: A ∗ To obtain the complex conjugate A ∗ of the matrix A, change to −: ( ∗ ) =( ) ∗ (D.9) I Transpose of a matrix: To obtain the transpose A of the matrix A, interchange rows and colums: ¡ ¢ =( ) (D.10)

Appendix D 273<br />

Appendix D: Matrix methods<br />

This appendix has been taken from the “Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy” script,<br />

not all subsections apply to chemical kinetics.<br />

D.1 Definition<br />

I Matrices: A matrix is a rectangular, × dimensional array of numbers :<br />

A =<br />

⎛<br />

⎜<br />

⎝<br />

⎞<br />

11 12 13 1<br />

21 22 23 2<br />

⎟<br />

. . . . ⎠<br />

1 2 3 <br />

(D.1)<br />

The are called the matrix elements.<br />

We will need to consider only × dimensional square matrices, which we can think<br />

of as a collection of column vectors a :<br />

⎛<br />

⎞<br />

11 12 1<br />

<br />

A = ⎜ 21 22 2<br />

⎟<br />

⎝ . . . ⎠<br />

(D.2)<br />

1 2 <br />

I Notation: Matrices will be denoted by bold symbols:<br />

A<br />

(D.3)<br />

I Matrix manipulation by computer programs: Matrix manipulations are carried<br />

out efficiently using computer programs (see, e.g., Press1992) or with symbolic algebra<br />

programs. 56<br />

56 The most commmon symbolic math programs are MathCad, MuPad, Maple, andMathematica.<br />

MathCad and Mathematica are available in the PC lab.

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