ON THE INVERSE OF PATTERN MATRICES WITH APPLICATION TO STATISICAL MODELS

Abstract

In this study the inverse of two patterned matrices has been investigated. First, for a Toeplitz-type matrix, it is proved that the exact number of independent cofactors is (n +2)/4 when n is even number and 〖(n+1)〗^2/4 when n is an odd. Second, when the matrix is reduced to a Jacobi-type matrix Bn , two equivalent formulae for its determinant are obtained, one of which in terms of the eigen values. Moreover, it is proved that the independent cofactors B_ij of B_n are explicitly expressed as a product of the determinants of B_(i-1) and B_(n-j). So, the problem of finding the exact inverse of B_n is reduced to that one of finding the determinants of B_i, i = 1, 2, …, n.