Partial Pivoting and Lower Triangularity












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In partial pivoting, I encounter something like the following: Let $P_1,...,P_n$ be permutation matrices, and $L$ is a lower, unit triangular matrix corresponding to the subtraction of rows underneath. In a text, the author simply said to $P_1...P_n LP_1^{-1}...P_n^{-1}$ is lower triangular. I cannot understand why it is the case, since if I consider the matrices
$L=begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0\
-1 & 1
end{bmatrix}$
,
$P=begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1\
1 & 0
end{bmatrix}$
, the matrix $PLP^{-1}$ turns out to be $begin{bmatrix}
1 & -1\
0 & 1
end{bmatrix}$
(if I did not calculate it wrong), which is clearly not lower triangular.



Remark: The following is the text I read. The formula (4.15) refers to the formula



$$U=L_{n-1}P_{n-1}...L_1P_1A$$
where $L_i,P_j$ are elementary matrices corresponding to substraction of rows and permutation of rows respectively. The formula comes from the process of partial pivoting.
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    In partial pivoting, I encounter something like the following: Let $P_1,...,P_n$ be permutation matrices, and $L$ is a lower, unit triangular matrix corresponding to the subtraction of rows underneath. In a text, the author simply said to $P_1...P_n LP_1^{-1}...P_n^{-1}$ is lower triangular. I cannot understand why it is the case, since if I consider the matrices
    $L=begin{bmatrix}
    1 & 0\
    -1 & 1
    end{bmatrix}$
    ,
    $P=begin{bmatrix}
    0 & 1\
    1 & 0
    end{bmatrix}$
    , the matrix $PLP^{-1}$ turns out to be $begin{bmatrix}
    1 & -1\
    0 & 1
    end{bmatrix}$
    (if I did not calculate it wrong), which is clearly not lower triangular.



    Remark: The following is the text I read. The formula (4.15) refers to the formula



    $$U=L_{n-1}P_{n-1}...L_1P_1A$$
    where $L_i,P_j$ are elementary matrices corresponding to substraction of rows and permutation of rows respectively. The formula comes from the process of partial pivoting.
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      In partial pivoting, I encounter something like the following: Let $P_1,...,P_n$ be permutation matrices, and $L$ is a lower, unit triangular matrix corresponding to the subtraction of rows underneath. In a text, the author simply said to $P_1...P_n LP_1^{-1}...P_n^{-1}$ is lower triangular. I cannot understand why it is the case, since if I consider the matrices
      $L=begin{bmatrix}
      1 & 0\
      -1 & 1
      end{bmatrix}$
      ,
      $P=begin{bmatrix}
      0 & 1\
      1 & 0
      end{bmatrix}$
      , the matrix $PLP^{-1}$ turns out to be $begin{bmatrix}
      1 & -1\
      0 & 1
      end{bmatrix}$
      (if I did not calculate it wrong), which is clearly not lower triangular.



      Remark: The following is the text I read. The formula (4.15) refers to the formula



      $$U=L_{n-1}P_{n-1}...L_1P_1A$$
      where $L_i,P_j$ are elementary matrices corresponding to substraction of rows and permutation of rows respectively. The formula comes from the process of partial pivoting.
      enter image description here










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      In partial pivoting, I encounter something like the following: Let $P_1,...,P_n$ be permutation matrices, and $L$ is a lower, unit triangular matrix corresponding to the subtraction of rows underneath. In a text, the author simply said to $P_1...P_n LP_1^{-1}...P_n^{-1}$ is lower triangular. I cannot understand why it is the case, since if I consider the matrices
      $L=begin{bmatrix}
      1 & 0\
      -1 & 1
      end{bmatrix}$
      ,
      $P=begin{bmatrix}
      0 & 1\
      1 & 0
      end{bmatrix}$
      , the matrix $PLP^{-1}$ turns out to be $begin{bmatrix}
      1 & -1\
      0 & 1
      end{bmatrix}$
      (if I did not calculate it wrong), which is clearly not lower triangular.



      Remark: The following is the text I read. The formula (4.15) refers to the formula



      $$U=L_{n-1}P_{n-1}...L_1P_1A$$
      where $L_i,P_j$ are elementary matrices corresponding to substraction of rows and permutation of rows respectively. The formula comes from the process of partial pivoting.
      enter image description here







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