On the computation of the rank of block bidiagonal Toeplitz matrices

  • Authors:
  • Dimitrios Triantafyllou;Marilena Mitrouli

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Athens Panepistemiopolis 15784, Athens, Greece;Department of Mathematics, University of Athens Panepistemiopolis 15784, Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In the present paper we study the computation of the rank of a block bidiagonal Toeplitz (BBT) sequence of matrices. We propose matrix-based, numerical and symbolical, updating and direct methods, computing the rank of BBT matrices and comparing them with classical procedures. The methods deploy the special form of the BBT sequence, significantly reducing the required flops and leading to fast and efficient algorithms. The numerical implementation of the algorithms computes the numerical rank in contrast with the symbolical implementation, which guarantees the computation of the exact rank of the matrix. The combination of numerical and symbolical operations suggests a new approach in software mathematical computations denoted as hybrid computations.