A square matrix $\left[a_{i j}\right]$ in which $a_{i j}=0$ for $i \neq j$ and $a_{i j}=k$ (constant) for…

A square matrix $\left[a_{i j}\right]$ in which $a_{i j}=0$ for $i \neq j$ and $a_{i j}=k$ (constant) for $i=j$ is called a
  1. unit matrix
  2. scalar matrix
  3. null matrix
  4. diagonal matrix

Solution

We have, $a_{i j}=0, i \neq j$ and $a_i=k, i=j$ It is scalar matrix.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2001

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