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Diagonal matrices

aij=0 (ij)a_{ij} = 0 \ (i \neq j)
aija_{ij}
the entry in row i, column j

A diagonal matrix has zeros everywhere off the leading diagonal; the diagonal entries themselves are unrestricted.

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