main diagonal

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Noun

main diagonal (plural main diagonals)

1. (linear algebra) The entries of a square matrix from the top left to the bottom right.

   Synonyms: leading diagonal, primary diagonal, major diagonal, good diagonal

   In a diagonal matrix, non-zero elements appear only in the main diagonal.

Translations

Translations

Czech: hlavní diagonála f Estonian: peadiagonaal Finnish: päälävistäjä (fi) French: diagonale principale f Hungarian: főátló (hu) Icelandic: aðalhornalína f, meginhornalína f Italian: diagonale principale (it) f Japanese: 主対角 (shutaikaku) Polish: przekątna główna (pl) f Portuguese: diagonal principal f Russian: гла́вная диагона́ль (ru) f (glávnaja diagonálʹ) Spanish: diagonal principal f Swedish: huvuddiagonal (sv) c

See also

• offdiagonal