Special Matrices
Fun Class Activity:
- What do we call a matrix that is both upper and lower triangular?
- Which of the special matrices we covered are always sparse (no matter what elements we put in them?)
- We covered 11 special matrix types. Consider the matrix:
$$A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$
Which of these types does $A$ belong to? There could be more than one special matrix whose format $A$ matches.