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Concept
Triangular matrix
Summary
In mathematics, a triangular matrix is a special kind of square matrix. A square matrix is called if all the entries above the main diagonal are zero. Similarly, a square matrix is called if all the entries below the main diagonal are zero.
Because matrix equations with triangular matrices are easier to solve, they are very important in numerical analysis. By the LU decomposition algorithm, an invertible matrix may be written as the product of a lower triangular matrix L and an upper triangular matrix U if and only if all its leading principal minors are non-zero.
Description
A matrix of the form
:L = \begin{bmatrix}
\ell_{1,1} & & & & 0 \
\ell_{2,1} & \ell_{2,2} & & & \
\ell_{3,1} & \ell_{3,2} & \ddots & & \
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \ddots & \
\ell_{n,1} & \ell_{n,2} & \ldots & \ell_{n,n-1} & \ell_{n,n}
\end{bmatrix}
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