Autocovariance Matrix for Stationary Process is Variance by Autocorrelation Matrix

Theorem
Let $S$ be a strictly stationary stochastic process giving rise to a time series $T$.

Let $\sequence {s_m}$ be a sequence of $m$ successive values of $T$:
 * $\sequence {s_m} = \tuple {z_1, z_2, \dotsb, z_m}$

Let $\boldsymbol \Gamma_n$ denote the autocovariance matrix associated with $S$ for $\sequence {s_m}$.

Let $\mathbf P_n$ denote the autocorrelation matrix associated with $S$ for $\sequence {s_m}$.

Then:
 * $\boldsymbol \Gamma_n = \sigma_z^2 \mathbf P_n$

where $\sigma_z^2$ denotes the variance of $S$.

Proof
From Autocorrelation of Strictly Stationary Stochastic Process:


 * $\rho_k = \dfrac {\gamma_k} {\gamma_0}$

We have that:

That is:
 * $\gamma_k = \sigma_z^2 \rho_k$

and the result follows.