On Cartesian product of matrices

2019/01/07 by Deepak Sarma, Sarma, Deepak
Computer Science · Mathematics · Engineering · #Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems #Graph theory and applications #graph theory and CDMA systems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1901.01904

Abstract

Recently, Bapat and Kurata [Linear Algebra Appl., 562(2019), 135-153] defined the Cartesian product of two square matrices A and B as A\oslash B=A⊗ \J+\J⊗ B, where \J is the all one matrix of appropriate order and ⊗ is the Kronecker product. In this article, we find the expression for the trace of the Cartesian product of any finite number of square matrices in terms of traces of the individual matrices. Also, we establish some identities involving the Cartesian product of matrices. Finally, we apply the Cartesian product to study some graph-theoretic properties.

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