Properties

Diagonal Matrix

A square matrix in which all the elements outside the main diagonal are zero.
The elements of the diagonal are the elements whose indices are equal : [latex]a_{1,1},\space a_{2,2},\space a_{3,3},\space ...[/latex].

Examples

[latex]\begin{pmatrix}2 & 0 & 0\\0 & –5 & 0\\0 &0 & –7\end{pmatrix}[/latex]  ,  [latex]\begin{pmatrix}2 & 0 & 0\\0 & 0 & 0\\0 &0 & –7\end{pmatrix}[/latex]  ,  [latex]\begin{pmatrix}2 & 0\\0 & –5\end{pmatrix}[/latex]

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