Types of Matrices
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Engineering Maths B, Matrices
July 30th, 2008 by Craig Rose
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Square matrix - The number of rows and number of columns are equal.
Diagonal matrix - All elements other than those in the main diagonal are 0.
Identity matrix - The identity matrix is a diagonal matrix where all elements of the main diagonal are 1.
Scalar matrix - A diagonal matrix with all diagonal elements alike.
Row matrix - The matrix consists of a single row of elements.
Column matrix - The matrix consiste of a single column of elements.
Symmetric matrix - A square matrix which is equal to its transpose.
Skew-symmetric matrix - A square matrix which is equal to the opposite of its transpose.
