Brahmagupta matrix

In mathematics, the following matrix was given by Indian mathematician Brahmagupta:^[1]

$B(x,y)={\begin{bmatrix}x&y\\\pm ty&\pm x\end{bmatrix}}.$

It satisfies

$B(x_{1},y_{1})B(x_{2},y_{2})=B(x_{1}x_{2}\pm ty_{1}y_{2},x_{1}y_{2}\pm y_{1}x_{2}).\,$

Powers of the matrix are defined by

$B^{n}={\begin{bmatrix}x&y\\ty&x\end{bmatrix}}^{n}={\begin{bmatrix}x_{n}&y_{n}\\ty_{n}&x_{n}\end{bmatrix}}\equiv B_{n}.$

The $\ x_{n}$ and $\ y_{n}$ are called Brahmagupta polynomials. The Brahmagupta matrices can be extended to negative integers:

$B^{{-n}}={\begin{bmatrix}x&y\\ty&x\end{bmatrix}}^{{-n}}={\begin{bmatrix}x_{{-n}}&y_{{-n}}\\ty_{{-n}}&x_{{-n}}\end{bmatrix}}\equiv B_{{-n}}.$

See also

• Brahmagupta's identity
• Brahmagupta's function

References

1. "The Brahmagupta polynomials" (PDF). Suryanarayanan. The Fibonacci Quarterly. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

External links

• Eric Weisstein. Brahmagupta Matrix, MathWorld, 1999.
• Weisstein, Eric W. (2003). CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Florida: CRC Press. p. 282. ISBN 1-58488-347-2.