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Tag: Matrices

Identity Problems

Identity Matrix?! What on the good green Earth is an Identity Matrix?

The short answer is that it’s a square matrix with 1’s down the main diagonal and 0’s everywhere else. For example, a 3×3 identity matrix looks like this:

\boldsymbol{\large{\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 & 0\\0 & 1 & 0\\0 & 0 & 1\end{bmatrix}}}

That’s not particularly useful to understanding what it’s all about though, so let’s have a closer look at it. Continue reading Identity Problems

Posted on March 19, 2015June 18, 2018Tags Algebra, MatricesLeave a comment
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