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Practical application of matrices and determinants
I have learned recently about matrices and determinants and also about the geometrical interpretations, i.e, how the matrix is used for linear transformations and how determinants tell us about area/...
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Are there any applications of matrices, or linear algebra to chess? If so, are there good books on it?
Chess has never had any appeal to me, but recently my brother bought a chess set, and I realized that the board can be represented as an 8x8 matrix, and each type of of piece as a number from 0 to 6, ...
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Applications where rank-1 matrices are useful
I am trying to list down applications where having a rank-1 matrix is advantageous. I know only of 2D convolution which boils down to a series of 1D convolutions if filter response is separable.
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What are the applications of matrices in real world?
Matrices are considered very important in mathematics. What are some examples of applications of matrices to real world problems that would be understandable by a layman?
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