Mashaal Masha

Question:

 

From the following matrices identify diagonal, scalar and unit (identity) matrices.

 

A =$~\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

B =$~\left[ \begin{matrix} 2 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

C =$\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

D = $\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$
E =$\left[ \begin{matrix} 5-3 & 0 \\ 0 & 1+1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$  

 

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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