Definition:Transpose of Matrix

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Definition

Let $\mathbf A = \sqbrk \alpha_{m n}$ be an $m \times n$ matrix over a set.


Then the transpose of $\mathbf A$ is denoted $\mathbf A^\intercal$ and is defined as:

$\mathbf A^\intercal = \sqbrk \beta_{n m}: \forall i \in \closedint 1 n, j \in \closedint 1 m: \beta_{i j} = \alpha_{j i}$


Also denoted as

The transpose is often seen indicated by a lowercase or uppercase $\text T$:

$\mathbf A^t$
$\mathbf A^T$
$^t\!\mathbf A$

but these are usually considered suboptimal in the contemporary technological environment.


Also see

  • Results about transposes of matrices can be found here.


Technical note

The $\LaTeX$ code used to denote $\intercal$ is a superscripted \intercal.

Thus $\mathbf A^\intercal$ is encoded as \mathbf A^\intercal.


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