main diagonal

English

Noun

main diagonal (plural main diagonals)

(linear algebra) The (imagined) diagonal line from the top left to the bottom right of a square matrix.
In a diagonal matrix, non-zero elements appear only on the main diagonal.

Synonyms

leading diagonal

Translations

diagonal line of a matrix

Czech: hlavní diagonála f
Estonian: peadiagonaal
Finnish: päälävistäjä (fi)
French: diagonale principale f
Hungarian: főátló
Icelandic: aðalhornalína f, meginhornalína f

Italian: diagonale principale (it) f
Japanese: 主対角 (shutaikaku)
Portuguese: diagonal principal f
Russian: гла́вная диагона́ль (ru) f (glávnaja diagonálʹ)
Spanish: diagonal principal f
Swedish: huvuddiagonal (sv) c

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