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In the book by Aapo Hyvärinen, it is shown that:

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Where z is the white vector of a data matrix x, s are the IC's and à is the mixing matrix of the whitened data matrix z. My question is: If the matrix à is orthonormal as show above, does it implies that s is orthogonal as $\\E(ss^T)$ has to be $\\I$? If so should the IC's in this case be orthogonal?

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$E[ss^T]$ is $I$ via the assumptions of ICA, i.e. $s_i$ are statistically independent basis signals. $E[zz^T]$ is also $I$ since we know that it is white. Knowing the two, we can say that $\tilde A$ is orthonormal. Conversely, if we know that $\tilde A$ is orthonormal, we can multiply the equation with $\tilde A^T$ and $\tilde A$ from left and right respectively and conclude that $E[ss^T]=I$: $$\tilde AE[ss^T]\tilde A^T=I\rightarrow \underbrace{\tilde A^T\tilde A}_IE[ss^T]\underbrace{\tilde A^T\tilde A}_I=\underbrace{\tilde A^T\tilde A}_I\rightarrow E[ss^T]=I$$

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the answer, but are the IC's alweys orthogonal? $\endgroup$ – Marcus Nov 28 '19 at 13:57
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, they're assumed to be statistically independent, which means zero cross-covariance. $\endgroup$ – gunes Nov 28 '19 at 13:59
  • $\begingroup$ @Marcus do you think the answer is fulfilling? $\endgroup$ – gunes Dec 7 '19 at 11:25

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