main diagonal

English

Noun

main diagonal (plural main diagonals)

1. (linear algebra) The entries of a square matrix from the top left to the bottom right.

   In a diagonal matrix, non-zero elements appear only in 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 (hu)
• 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