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MATLAB Central - Shortcut For Symmetric Matrices

Sasha asked for a way to easily create a symmetric matrix in MATLAB by inputting only the upper triangular elements as a vector. Several responses were provided: 1) Bruno recommended a MATLAB Central file exchange package containing a function to index the upper triangular elements of a matrix and suggested assigning the vector to this index and symmetrizing. 2) Jos provided an example using the TRIU function to create an upper triangular matrix, assign values from a vector, and add the transpose of the lower triangular part. 3) Paulo suggested a simple method of symmetrizing a triangular matrix by adding its transpose and subtracting the diagonal.

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MATLAB Central - Shortcut For Symmetric Matrices

Sasha asked for a way to easily create a symmetric matrix in MATLAB by inputting only the upper triangular elements as a vector. Several responses were provided: 1) Bruno recommended a MATLAB Central file exchange package containing a function to index the upper triangular elements of a matrix and suggested assigning the vector to this index and symmetrizing. 2) Jos provided an example using the TRIU function to create an upper triangular matrix, assign values from a vector, and add the transpose of the lower triangular part. 3) Paulo suggested a simple method of symmetrizing a triangular matrix by adding its transpose and subtracting the diagonal.

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Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?

IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
Thankyouallinadvance!

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Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<[email protected]>...
>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>Thankyouallinadvance!

showCSSMasmall,typicalinputandtheresultyouexpect...

us

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Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<[email protected]>...
>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>Thankyouallinadvance!

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TakealookthispackageonFEX
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23391

n=5
%Allocate
A=zeros(n)
i=itriu(size(A))%<thiscommandisfromthepackage

v=rand(size(i))%<inputsomewhere

%Assign
A(i)=v
%Symmetrize
Asym=A+triu(A,1).'

Bruno

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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Date:14May,200911:20:03
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Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<[email protected]>...
>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>Thankyouallinadvance!

Hereissomethingforyoutochewon:

V=[111222132333]

M=triu(ones(3))
M(M==1)=V
M=M+tril(M.',1)

hth
Jos

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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Thankyouguysverymuch!It'snobigdifferencewhenthematrixis
small,butit'satimesaverifit'sabigone!
Ilikedbothideasandwillbeusingtheminfuture!

Iwishtoexpressmygratitudeoncemore!

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OnMay14,1:20pm,"Jos"<#[email protected]>wrote:
>Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<d5d24296244a41d6986fac3=
[email protected]>...
>>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>>Thankyouallinadvance!
>
>Hereissomethingforyoutochewon:
>
>V=[111222132333]
>
>M=triu(ones(3))
>M(M==1)=V
>M=M+tril(M.',1)
>
>hth
>Jos

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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Date:12Nov,201016:47:05
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Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<[email protected]>...
>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>Thankyouallinadvance!

Hi!,

Haveyouthoughtinthe"toeplitz"command?
E.g.

x=

12345

>>toeplitz(x)

ans=

12345
21234
32123
43212
54321

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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Date:12Nov,201016:58:04
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>Haveyouthoughtinthe"toeplitz"command?
>E.g.
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>x=
>
>12345
>
>>>toeplitz(x)
>
>ans=
>
>12345
>21234
>32123
>43212
>54321

Althoughtoeplitzdoescreateasymmetricmatrix,it'snotusablewhentheentireupperorlowerportionofthematrixisdifferent.

TheOPwantedtobeabletomanuallyenteronesideandhaveit"symmetricize"itautomatically.Likethis:

A=[123045002]%uppertriangular

'B=symmetricize(A)'
B=[123245352]

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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Date:24Apr,201417:10:09
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Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage<[email protected]>...
>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>
>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>Thankyouallinadvance!

Iwouldsimplydothefollowing(assummingAisatriangularmatrix):

A=A+A'diag(diag(A))

Subject:Shortcutforsymmetricmatrices
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"PauloOliveira"<[email protected]>wroteinmessage
news:[email protected]...
>Sasha<[email protected]>wroteinmessage
><[email protected]>...
>>EverytimeIhaveasymmetricmatrixtoinput,Ifeelridiculouswhile
>>I'mtypingitinMatlabmanually.
>>Couldsomebodygivemeanideaorapieceofcodethatwouldcreatea
>>symmetricmatrixoutoftheuppertrianglememberssavedasavector?
>>
>>IamabeginnerinMatlab,andanyadviceisgreatlyappreciated!
>>Thankyouallinadvance!
>
>Iwouldsimplydothefollowing(assummingAisatriangularmatrix):
>
>A=A+A'diag(diag(A))

Becareful.IfthediagonalofAcontainsnonfinitevalues,theywillbe
changedbythisoperation.CompareBandC:

A=magic(3)
A([1,5,9])=[Inf,Inf,NaN]
B=A+A'diag(diag(A))
C=triu(A,0)+triu(A,1).'

IfyouhaveStatisticsToolbox,theSQUAREFORMfunctionmayalsobeof
interest.


SteveLord
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