Jordan Basis

A Jordan basis for a square matrix is a vector basis consisting of chains satisfying

and

for . Such a basis provides the means by which any square complex matrix can be written in Jordan canonical form.

See also

Jordan Block, Jordan Canonical Form

Portions of this entry contributed by Todd Rowland

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Todd Rowland. "Jordan Basis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/JordanBasis.html

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