main diagonal meaning

• Noun: main diagonal  meyn dI'agunul
  1. The diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry
     - principal diagonal

  Derived forms: main diagonals

  Type of: diagonal

  Encyclopedia: Main diagonal

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  [Architecture]
  

  A diagonal member of a web, joining the top and bottom chords of a truss.

• The main diagonal entries themselves may or may not be zero.
• Its exterior Cantor cube onto the plane orthogonal to its main diagonal.
• The entries of a symmetric matrix are symmetric with respect to the main diagonal.
• The eigenvalues are still on the main diagonal.
• Where " n " ii are the values on the main diagonal.
• The off-main diagonal elements contain all the cross spectra between the points.
• If the main diagonal is zeroes =, the autosequence is of the first kind.
• The duality between QSym and NSym is shown in the main diagonal of this diagram.
• The main diagonal, here, is the double of the first upper one, here.
• Any diagonal unitary matrix must have complex numbers of absolute value 1 on the main diagonal.

• "main diagonal" meaning in Chinese: 主对角线
• "main diagonal" meaning in Russian: главная диагональ