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
- unit matrix
- scalar matrix
- null matrix
- 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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