randorth {randRotation} | R Documentation

## Random orthogonal matrix

### Description

Generation of a random orthogonal `n x n` matrix.

### Usage

    randorth(n, type = c("orthonormal", "unitary"), I.matrix = FALSE)

### Arguments

`n` | `numeric` of length 1 defining the dimensions of the `n x n` square matrix.
`type` | Either `"orthonormal"` or `"unitary"` defining whether a real orthonormal matrix or a complex unitary matrix should be returned.
`I.matrix` | If `TRUE`, the identity matrix is returned.

### Details

A random orthogonal matrix `R` is generated in order that `t(R)` (for `"orthonormal"`) or `Conj(t(R))` (for `"unitary"`) equals the inverse matrix of `R`.

This function was adapted from the pracma package (`pracma::randortho`).

The random orthogonal matrices are distributed with Haar measure over `O(n)`, where `O(n)` is the set of orthogonal matrices of order `n`. The random orthogonal matrices are basically distributed "uniformly" in the space of random orthogonal matrices of dimension `n x n`. See also the `Examples` and (Stewart 1980; Mezzadri 2007).

### Value

A random orthogonal matrix of dimension `n x n`.

### Author(s)

Peter Hettegger

### References

Mezzadri F (2007). “How to generate random matrices from the classical compact groups.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 54(5), 592–604. ISSN 1088-9477, 0609050, http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0609050.
Stewart GW (1980). “The Efficient Generation of Random Orthogonal Matrices with an Application to Condition Estimators.” SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. ISSN 0036-1429, doi: 10.1137/0717034.

### Examples

    # The following example shows the orthogonality of the random orthogonal matrix:
    R1 <- randorth(4)
    zapsmall(t(R1) %*% R1)

    R1 <- randorth(4, "unitary")
    zapsmall(Conj(t(R1)) %*% R1)

    # The following example shows the distribution of 2-dimensional random orthogonal vectors
    # on the unit circle.
    tmp1 <- vapply(1:400, function(i)randorth(2)[,1], numeric(2))
    plot(t(tmp1), xlab = "x", ylab = "y")

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