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Cholesky Decomposition : Matrix Decomposition
• Last Updated : 21 May, 2021

In linear algebra, a matrix decomposition or matrix factorization is a factorization of a matrix into a product of matrices. There are many different matrix decompositions. One of them is Cholesky Decomposition.
The Cholesky decomposition or Cholesky factorization is a decomposition of a Hermitian, positive-definite matrix into the product of a lower triangular matrix and its conjugate transpose. The Cholesky decomposition is roughly twice as efficient as the LU decomposition for solving systems of linear equations.
The Cholesky decomposition of a Hermitian positive-definite matrix A is a decomposition of the form A = [L][L]T, where L is a lower triangular matrix with real and positive diagonal entries, and LT denotes the conjugate transpose of L. Every Hermitian positive-definite matrix (and thus also every real-valued symmetric positive-definite matrix) has a unique Cholesky decomposition.

Every symmetric, positive definite matrix A can be decomposed into a product of a unique lower triangular matrix L and its transpose: A = L LT
The following formulas are obtained by solving above lower triangular matrix and its transpose. These are the basis of Cholesky Decomposition Algorithm :

[Tex]L_{i,j}=\frac{1}{L_{j,j}}(A_{i,j}-\sum_{k=0}^{j-1}L_{i,k}L_{j,k})     [/Tex]

Example

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Output :



Below is the implementation of Cholesky Decomposition.

## C++

 // CPP program to decompose a matrix using// Cholesky Decomposition#include using namespace std; const int MAX = 100; void Cholesky_Decomposition(int matrix[][MAX],                                      int n){    int lower[n][n];    memset(lower, 0, sizeof(lower));     // Decomposing a matrix into Lower Triangular    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {        for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {            int sum = 0;             if (j == i) // summation for diagnols            {                for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                    sum += pow(lower[j][k], 2);                lower[j][j] = sqrt(matrix[j][j] -                                        sum);            } else {                 // Evaluating L(i, j) using L(j, j)                for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                    sum += (lower[i][k] * lower[j][k]);                lower[i][j] = (matrix[i][j] - sum) /                                      lower[j][j];            }        }    }     // Displaying Lower Triangular and its Transpose    cout << setw(6) << " Lower Triangular"          << setw(30) << "Transpose" << endl;    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {                 // Lower Triangular        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)            cout << setw(6) << lower[i][j] << "\t";        cout << "\t";                 // Transpose of Lower Triangular        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)            cout << setw(6) << lower[j][i] << "\t";        cout << endl;    }} // Driver Codeint main(){    int n = 3;    int matrix[][MAX] = { { 4, 12, -16 },                        { 12, 37, -43 },                        { -16, -43, 98 } };    Cholesky_Decomposition(matrix, n);    return 0;}

## Java

 // Java program to decompose// a matrix using Cholesky// Decomposition class GFG {     // static int MAX = 100;    static void Cholesky_Decomposition(int[][] matrix,                                       int n)    {        int[][] lower = new int[n][n];         // Decomposing a matrix        // into Lower Triangular        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {                int sum = 0;                 // summation for diagnols                if (j == i) {                    for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                        sum += (int)Math.pow(lower[j][k],                                             2);                    lower[j][j] = (int)Math.sqrt(                        matrix[j][j] - sum);                }                 else {                     // Evaluating L(i, j)                    // using L(j, j)                    for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                        sum += (lower[i][k] * lower[j][k]);                    lower[i][j] = (matrix[i][j] - sum)                                  / lower[j][j];                }            }        }         // Displaying Lower        // Triangular and its Transpose        System.out.println(" Lower Triangular\t Transpose");        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {             // Lower Triangular            for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)                System.out.print(lower[i][j] + "\t");            System.out.print("");             // Transpose of            // Lower Triangular            for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)                System.out.print(lower[j][i] + "\t");            System.out.println();        }    }     // Driver Code    public static void main(String[] args)    {        int n = 3;        int[][] matrix = new int[][] { { 4, 12, -16 },                                       { 12, 37, -43 },                                       { -16, -43, 98 } };         Cholesky_Decomposition(matrix, n);    }} // This code is contributed by mits

## Python3

 # Python3 program to decompose# a matrix using Cholesky# Decompositionimport mathMAX = 100; def Cholesky_Decomposition(matrix, n):     lower = [[0 for x in range(n + 1)]                for y in range(n + 1)];     # Decomposing a matrix    # into Lower Triangular    for i in range(n):        for j in range(i + 1):            sum1 = 0;             # sum1mation for diagnols            if (j == i):                for k in range(j):                    sum1 += pow(lower[j][k], 2);                lower[j][j] = int(math.sqrt(matrix[j][j] - sum1));            else:                                 # Evaluating L(i, j)                # using L(j, j)                for k in range(j):                    sum1 += (lower[i][k] *lower[j][k]);                if(lower[j][j] > 0):                    lower[i][j] = int((matrix[i][j] - sum1) /                                               lower[j][j]);     # Displaying Lower Triangular    # and its Transpose    print("Lower Triangular\t\tTranspose");    for i in range(n):                 # Lower Triangular        for j in range(n):            print(lower[i][j], end = "\t");        print("", end = "\t");                 # Transpose of        # Lower Triangular        for j in range(n):            print(lower[j][i], end = "\t");        print(""); # Driver Coden = 3;matrix = [[4, 12, -16],          [12, 37, -43],          [-16, -43, 98]];Cholesky_Decomposition(matrix, n); # This code is contributed by mits

## C#

 // C# program to decompose// a matrix using Cholesky// Decompositionusing System; class GFG {     // static int MAX = 100;    static void Cholesky_Decomposition(int[, ] matrix,                                       int n)    {        int[, ] lower = new int[n, n];         // Decomposing a matrix        // into Lower Triangular        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {                int sum = 0;                 // summation for diagnols                if (j == i) {                    for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                        sum += (int)Math.Pow(lower[j, k],                                             2);                    lower[j, j] = (int)Math.Sqrt(                        matrix[j, j] - sum);                }                 else {                     // Evaluating L(i, j)                    // using L(j, j)                    for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)                        sum += (lower[i, k] * lower[j, k]);                    lower[i, j] = (matrix[i, j] - sum)                                  / lower[j, j];                }            }        }         // Displaying Lower        // Triangular and its Transpose        Console.WriteLine(            "  Lower Triangular\t   Transpose");        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {             // Lower Triangular            for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)                Console.Write(lower[i, j] + "\t");            Console.Write("");             // Transpose of            // Lower Triangular            for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)                Console.Write(lower[j, i] + "\t");            Console.WriteLine();        }    }     // Driver Code    static int Main()    {        int n = 3;        int[, ] matrix = { { 4, 12, -16 },                           { 12, 37, -43 },                           { -16, -43, 98 } };         Cholesky_Decomposition(matrix, n);        return 0;    }} // This code is contributed by mits

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Output:

Lower Triangular     Transpose
2  0  0              2  6  -8
6  1  0              0  1   5
-8 5  3              0  0   3    

References: Wikipedia – Cholesky decomposition
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