identity matrix

square matrix with ones on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere
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identity matrix

Summary

identity matrix ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (364 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as permutation matrix[2].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as idempotent matrix[3].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as signature matrix[4].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as orthostochastic matrix[5].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as alternating sign matrix[6].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as unistochastic matrix[7].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as scalar matrix[8].
  • identity matrix's subclass of is recorded as identity element[9].
  • identity matrix's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g816[10].
  • identity matrix's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0232838[11].
  • identity matrix's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[12].
  • identity matrix's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/identity-matrix[13].
  • identity matrix's different from is recorded as unitary matrix[14].
  • identity matrix's different from is recorded as matrix of ones[15].
  • identity matrix's defining formula is recorded as \left( \boldsymbol{I} \right){i k} = \delta{i k}[16].
  • identity matrix's MathWorld ID is recorded as IdentityMatrix[17].
  • identity matrix's nLab ID is recorded as identity matrix[18].
  • identity matrix's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 133679[19].
  • identity matrix's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i80589[20].
  • identity matrix's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
  • identity matrix's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 134567657[22].
  • identity matrix's in defining formula is recorded as \boldsymbol{I}[23].
  • identity matrix's in defining formula is recorded as \delta_{i k}[24].
  • identity matrix's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 08286178-n[25].
  • identity matrix's IEV number is recorded as 102-06-13[26].

Why It Matters

identity matrix ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (364 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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