Some Matrix Derivatives - University of Kentucky
blog.as.uky.edu › 2014 › 012 Some Matrix Derivatives This section is not a general discussion of matrix derivatives. It is derivation of the derivatives needed for the likelihood function of the multivariate normal distribution. Specifically, the derivatives of the determinant and the inverse of a square matrix are found. Back4
Properties of the Trace and Matrix Derivatives
web.stanford.edu › ~jduchi › projects4 Derivative in a trace 2 5 Derivative of product in trace 2 6 Derivative of function of a matrix 3 7 Derivative of linear transformed input to function 3 8 Funky trace derivative 3 9 Symmetric Matrices and Eigenvectors 4 1 Notation A few things on notation (which may not be very consistent, actually): The columns of a matrix A ∈ Rm×n are a