In mathematics, a Redheffer matrix, often denoted
as studied by , is a
square
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(0,1) matrix whose entries ''a''
''ij'' are 1 if ''i'' divides ''j'' or if ''j'' = 1; otherwise, ''a''
''ij'' = 0. It is useful in some contexts to express
Dirichlet convolution
In mathematics, Dirichlet convolution (or divisor convolution) is a binary operation defined for arithmetic functions; it is important in number theory. It was developed by Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.
Definition
If f , g : \mathbb\to\mathbb ...
, or convolved
divisors sums, in terms of matrix products involving the
transpose
In linear algebra, the transpose of a Matrix (mathematics), matrix is an operator which flips a matrix over its diagonal;
that is, it switches the row and column indices of the matrix by producing another matrix, often denoted by (among other ...
of the
Redheffer matrix.
Variants and definitions of component matrices
Since the
invertibility
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of the Redheffer matrices are complicated by the initial column of ones in the matrix, it is often convenient to express
where