Definition:Main Diagonal/Diagonal Elements
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Definition
The element of the main diagonal of a matrix or a determinant are called the diagonal elements.
Also known as
The diagonal elements of a matrix or a determinant are also referred to by some sources as diagonal entries.
Also see
- Results about diagonal elements can be found here.
Also see
Sources
- 2008: David Joyner: Adventures in Group Theory (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: 'And you do addition?': $\S 2.2$: Functions on vectors: $\S 2.2.3$: $m \times n$ matrices
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): diagonal entry