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=== Identity matrix === The [[identity matrix]] <math>I_n</math> of size <math>n</math> is the <math>n \times n</math> matrix in which all the elements on the [[main diagonal]] are equal to 1 and all other elements are equal to 0, e.g. <math display="block"> I_1 = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \end{bmatrix} ,\ I_2 = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} ,\ \ldots ,\ I_n = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & \cdots & 0 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ 0 & 0 & \cdots & 1 \end{bmatrix}. </math> It is a square matrix of order {{nowrap|<math>n</math>,}} and also a special kind of [[diagonal matrix]]. The term ''identity matrix'' refers to the property of matrix multiplication that <math display=block>I_m A = A I_n = A</math> for any <math>m \times n</math> matrix {{nowrap|<math>A</math>.}}
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