English-Finnish translations for elementary matrix

Definition of elementary matrix

• A square matrix which is obtained from the identity matrix by a single elementary row operation

Examples

• When an elementary matrix multiplies a square matrix from the left, it applies to that matrix an elementary row operation homologous to the one that created its own self. (Likewise, when an elementary matrix multiplies a square matrix from the right, it applies to that matrix an elementary column operation homologous to the one that created its own self.)

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