Question:
From the following matrices identify diagonal, scalar and unit (identity) matrices.
Difficulty: Easy
Solution:
Matrix A is a scalar matrix (because its diagonal entries are same).
Matrix B is a diagonal matrix (because its diagonal entries are non-zero and non-diagonal entities are zero).
Matrix C is an identity matrix (because its diagonal entries are $1$).
Matrix D is a diagonal matrix (because its one diagonal entry is non-zero and non-diagonal entities are zero).
Matrix E is a scalar matrix (because its diagonal entries are same).
E = $\left[ \begin{matrix} 5-3 & 0 \\ 0 & 1+1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$
E = $\left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$
Note:
All the matrices A, B, C, D and E are diagonal matrices because they have at least one non-zero diagonal entry and all their non-diagonal entries are zero. Scalar and unit matrices are further types of diagonal matrices.
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