Manuals/calci/CHOLESKY

CHOLESKY(arr)

• $arr$ is the array of numeric elements.

Description

• This function gives the value of Cholesky factorization.
• It is called Cholesky Decomposition or Cholesky Factorization.
• The Cholesky Factorization is only defined for symmetric or Hermitian positive definite matrices.
• Every positive definite matrix A can be factored as $A$ = $LL^{T}$

$L$ is lower triangular with positive diagonal elements
$L^{T}$ is is the conjugate transpose value of $L$

• Every Hermitian positive-definite matrix has a unique Cholesky decomposition.
• Here $CHOLESKY(arr)$, $arr$ is set of values to find the factorization value.
• Partition matrices in $A$ = $LL^{T}$ is

${\begin{bmatrix}a_{11}&A_{21}^{T}\\A_{21}&A_{22}\end{bmatrix}}={\begin{bmatrix}l_{11}&0\\L_{21}&L_{22}\end{bmatrix}}{\begin{bmatrix}l_{11}&L_{21}^{T}\\0&L_{22}^{T}\end{bmatrix}}={\begin{bmatrix}l_{11}^{2}&L_{11}L_{21}^{T}\\L_{11}L_{21}&L_{21}L_{21}^{T}+L_{22}L_{22}^{T}\end{bmatrix}}$

Algorithm

1. Determine $l_{11}$ and $L_{21}$
$l_{11}$ = ${\sqrt {a_{11}}}$ $L_{21}$ = ${\frac {1}{l_{11}}}A_{21}$
2. Compute $L_{22}$ from
$A_{22}-L_{21}L_{21}^{T}$ = $L_{22}L_{22}^{T}$
• This is a Cholesky Factorization of order $n-1$

Examples

Spreadsheet

	A	B	C
1	16	32	12
2	12	18	0
3	-5	0	11

=CHOLESKY(A1:C3)

Result

4	0	0
3	3	0
-1.25	1.25	2.80624

Spreadsheet

	A	B	C
1	25	15	-5
2	15	18	0
3	-5	0	11

=CHOLESKY(A1:C3)

Result

5	0	0
3	3	0
-1	1	3

Related Videos

Cholesky Decomposition

See Also

• ANTIDIAGONAL
• CONFERENCE
• PASCAL

References

• Cholesky Factorization

• List of Main Z Functions

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