Exercise · ZW-CHOLESKY-FACTORIZATION-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate

For \(A=\begin{pmatrix}9&3\\3&5\end{pmatrix}\), what is the factor \(L\)?

Choose one option.

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  • C. \(\begin{pmatrix}3&0\\1&2\end{pmatrix}\)

Explanation

We have \(l_{11}=3\), \(l_{21}=3/3=1\), and \(l_{22}=\sqrt{5-1}=2\). The option with entries copied directly from \(A\) and the upper triangular option are typical errors.

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The Cholesky factorization decomposes a symmetric positive definite matrix \(A\) as \(A = LL^{T}\), where \(L\) is lower triangular with positive diagonal.

\[A = LL^{T}, \; l_{jj} = \sqrt{a_{jj} - \sum_{k

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