In mathematics , especially linear algebra , the exchange matrices (also called the reversal matrix , backward identity , or standard involutory permutation ) are special cases of permutation matrices , where the 1 elements reside on the antidiagonal and all other elements are zero. In other words, they are 'row-reversed' or 'column-reversed' versions of the identity matrix .[ 1]
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}J_{2}&={\begin{pmatrix}0&1\\1&0\end{pmatrix}}\\[4pt]J_{3}&={\begin{pmatrix}0&0&1\\0&1&0\\1&0&0\end{pmatrix}}\\&\quad \vdots \\[2pt]J_{n}&={\begin{pmatrix}0&0&\cdots &0&1\\0&0&\cdots &1&0\\\vdots &\vdots &\,{}_{_{\displaystyle \cdot }}\!\,{}^{_{_{\displaystyle \cdot }}}\!{\dot {\phantom {j}}}&\vdots &\vdots \\0&1&\cdots &0&0\\1&0&\cdots &0&0\end{pmatrix}}\end{aligned}}}
If J is an n × n J are
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{\displaystyle J_{i,j}={\begin{cases}1,&i j=n 1\\0,&i j\neq n 1\\\end{cases}}}
Premultiplying a matrix by an exchange matrix flips vertically the positions of the former's rows, i.e.,
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{\displaystyle {\begin{pmatrix}0&0&1\\0&1&0\\1&0&0\end{pmatrix}}{\begin{pmatrix}1&2&3\\4&5&6\\7&8&9\end{pmatrix}}={\begin{pmatrix}7&8&9\\4&5&6\\1&2&3\end{pmatrix}}.}
Postmultiplying a matrix by an exchange matrix flips horizontally the positions of the former's columns, i.e.,
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{\displaystyle {\begin{pmatrix}1&2&3\\4&5&6\\7&8&9\end{pmatrix}}{\begin{pmatrix}0&0&1\\0&1&0\\1&0&0\end{pmatrix}}={\begin{pmatrix}3&2&1\\6&5&4\\9&8&7\end{pmatrix}}.}
Exchange matrices are symmetric ; that is:
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{\displaystyle J_{n}^{\mathsf {T}}=J_{n}.}
For any integer k :
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{\displaystyle J_{n}^{k}={\begin{cases}I&{\text{ if }}k{\text{ is even,}}\\[2pt]J_{n}&{\text{ if }}k{\text{ is odd.}}\end{cases}}}
Jn is an involutory matrix ; that is,
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{\displaystyle J_{n}^{-1}=J_{n}.}
The trace of Jn is 1 if n is odd and 0 if n is even. In other words:
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{\displaystyle \operatorname {tr} (J_{n})={\frac {1-(-1)^{n}}{2}}=n{\bmod {2}}.}
The determinant of Jn is:
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{\displaystyle \det(J_{n})=(-1)^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor }=(-1)^{\frac {n(n-1)}{2}}}
n , it has period 4, giving 1, 1, −1, −1 when n is congruent modulo 4 to 0, 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
The characteristic polynomial of Jn is:
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{\displaystyle \det(\lambda I-J_{n})=(\lambda -1)^{\lceil n/2\rceil }(\lambda -1)^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor }={\begin{cases}{\big [}(\lambda 1)(\lambda -1){\big ]}^{\frac {n}{2}}&{\text{ if }}n{\text{ is even,}}\\[4pt](\lambda -1)^{\frac {n 1}{2}}(\lambda 1)^{\frac {n-1}{2}}&{\text{ if }}n{\text{ is odd,}}\end{cases}}}
its eigenvalues are 1 (with multiplicity
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{\displaystyle \lceil n/2\rceil }
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{\displaystyle \lfloor n/2\rfloor }
The adjugate matrix of Jn is:
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{\displaystyle \operatorname {adj} (J_{n})=\operatorname {sgn}(\pi _{n})J_{n}.}
sgn is the sign of the permutation πk of k elements).
An exchange matrix is the simplest anti-diagonal matrix .
Any matrix A satisfying the condition AJ = JA centrosymmetric .
Any matrix A satisfying the condition AJ = JA T persymmetric .
Symmetric matrices A that satisfy the condition AJ = JA bisymmetric matrices. Bisymmetric matrices are both centrosymmetric and persymmetric. 
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