Sunday, June 20, 2010

Matrix and types

Introduction: 

          A rectangular array of entries is called a Matrix, It is a rectangular array of numbers, arranged in rows and columns. The entries may be real, complex or functions. The entries are also called as the elements of the matrix. The number of rows (say m) and the number of columns (say n) determine the order of the matrix. It is written as m x n (to be read as m by n). The plural of matrix is matrices. Matrix is usually denoted by capital letters such as A, B, C,…
Number of rows x Number of columns indicate the order of matrix.

Examples of Types of Matrices:

is a 2 x 2 matrix. It is also called square matrix of order 2.

C = [5 0 3] is a 1 x 3 matrix. It is also called a row matrix.
is a 3 x 1 matrix. It is called a column matrix.
is not a matrix because column three is incomplete.
is a 2 x 3 matrix. It is called a zero matrix or a null matrix.
It is denoted by 02 x 3


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