Definition:Infinite Hilbert Matrix

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Definition

The infinite Hilbert matrix is the infinite matrix whose elements are defined as:

$a_{ij} = \dfrac 1 {i + j - 1}$


In full, it appears as:

$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \tfrac 1 2 & \tfrac 1 3 & \tfrac 1 4 & \tfrac 1 5 & \tfrac 1 6 & \ldots \\ \tfrac 1 2 & \tfrac 1 3 & \tfrac 1 4 & \tfrac 1 5 & \tfrac 1 6 & \tfrac 1 7 & \ldots \\ \tfrac 1 3 & \tfrac 1 4 & \tfrac 1 5 & \tfrac 1 6 & \tfrac 1 7 & \tfrac 1 8 & \ldots \\ \tfrac 1 4 & \tfrac 1 5 & \tfrac 1 6 & \tfrac 1 7 & \tfrac 1 8 & \tfrac 1 9 & \ldots \\ \tfrac 1 5 & \tfrac 1 6 & \tfrac 1 7 & \tfrac 1 8 & \tfrac 1 9 & \tfrac 1 {10} & \ldots \\ \tfrac 1 6 & \tfrac 1 7 & \tfrac 1 8 & \tfrac 1 9 & \tfrac 1 {10} & \tfrac 1 {11} & \ldots \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots \end{bmatrix}$


Source of Name

This entry was named for David Hilbert.


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