Explicit inverse of a tridiagonal k-Toeplitz matrix

Abstract

Summary We obtain explicit formulas for the entries of the inverse of a nonsingular and irreducible tridiagonal k-Toeplitz matrix A. The proof is based on results from the theory of orthogonal polynomials and it is shown that the entries of the inverse of such a matrix are given in terms of Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind. We also compute the characteristic polynomial of A which enables us to state some conditions for the existence of A-1. Our results also extend known results for the case when the residue mod k of the order of A is equal to 0 or k-1 (Numer. Math., 10 (1967), pp. 153–161.).