Definition of Square matrix

1. Noun. A matrix with the same number of rows and columns.


Definition of Square matrix

1. Noun. (mathematics) A matrix having the same number of rows as columns. ¹

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Medical Definition of Square matrix

1. A matrix in which the numbers of rows and columns are equal. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Matrix

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square inch
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square matrices
square matrix (current term)
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Literary usage of Square matrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Any two constituents of a square matrix which are symmetrically placed with respect to ... The inverse or reciprocal of a given square matrix is a matrix, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"In all cases the symbols, which may denote either quantities or operations, are called the constituents of the matrix, and in a square matrix the line ..."

3. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1888)
"... of л» matrices of order ш be understood in general the determinant to the square matrix formed by developing each of them into a line of w2 terms, ..."

4. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Henry John Stephen Smith by Henry John Stephen Smith (1894)
"Applying, therefore, the theorem (A) to the square matrix, we see that ... In any square matrix, the greatest common divisor of the first minors of any ..."

5. Introduction to Higher Algebra by Maxime Bôcher (1907)
"This difference between a square matrix and a determinant is clearly brought out if we consider the effect of interchanging columns and rows. ..."

6. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"B 6 rows 2 cols DET Function (numeric) computes the determinant of a square matrix DET( square-matrix) where square-matrix is a numeric matrix or literal. ..."

7. The Cambridge Colloquium 1916 by Griffith Conrad Evans, Oswald Veblen (1918)
"... E is multiplied on the left by a square matrix of ai rows and determinant unity and on the right by any square matrix of «2 rows and determinant unity, ..."

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