Diagonal Matrices
Channel: Andrew Misseldine
Date: 2020-10-21

We discuss the appropriate generalizations of the three types of elementary matrices. In this video, we introduce the notation of a diagonal matrix as a generalization of the scaling elementary matrices. Properties of diagonal matrices are discussed.

Linear Algebra Done Openly is an open source linear algebra textbook developed by Dr. Andrew Misseldine. It is supported and improved by student contributions done by Math 2700 students at Southern Utah University, since Fall 2018. The textbook can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KQ7dbLXI4x39VwZovTL0DKRsZwt_i3Vt&authuser=andrewmisseldine@suu.edu&usp=drive_fs

This lecture covers section 3.5 - Matrix Factorizations from the book. This is part 1 of 6 videos from this section.