What is an orthogonal matrix?
A square matrix is said to be an orthogonal matrix if the following condition holds true:
Now, we know that, if A and B are two matrices such that the following condition holds true
then, B is said to be the inverse of the matrix A.
So, we can say that for an orthogonal matrix A:
So, in other words, a square matrix A is an orthogonal matrix, if the transpose of the matrix A is equal to the inverse of the matrix A.
For example, letโs say A is the following matrix:
The transpose of A is:
And,
Therefore,
Hence, A is an orthogonal matrix…
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