- designated 0m × n, the m × n matrix, all of whose entries are 0
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inverse
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- two matrices are inverses if their product is the identity matrix
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column
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- all of the numbers in one vertical line in a matrix
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entry
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- another name for an element of a matrix
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augmented matrix
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- a matrix formed by adding a column of the constant terms to the coefficient matrix of a linear system
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matrix
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- rectangular array of numbers
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scalar
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- a number which can be used as an element of a matrix
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dimension
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- the number of rows and the number of columns in a matrix
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determinant
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- a number calculated from the entries in a square matrix that gives information about the matrix, including the nature of the solutions to a related system of linear equations
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transpose
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- a related matrix formed by making the rows of a matrix into columns and the columns into rows
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element
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- a number in a matrix
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Cramer's rule
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- a method of calculating the solution to a system of linear equations by finding the quotients of determinants
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row addition
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adding or subtracting one row of a matrix to another row.
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elementary row operation
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Basic operations that can be done to a matrix including: row switching, row addition/ subtraction, & row multiplication/ division.
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square matrix
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- a matrix which has equal numbers of rows and columns
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row multiplication
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multiplying or dividing a row of a matrix by a number.
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identity matrix
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- a square matrix with ones in the main diagonal and zeros everywhere else
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row
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- all of the numbers in one horizontal line in a matrix
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coefficient matrix
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- a matrix formed from the coefficients of the variables of a system of linear equations
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RECIPROCAl INVERSE NOT ZERO
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A determinant will have a __________________, and the matrix will have an ___________________ if the determinant is _____________________.
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opposite of a matrix
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- the matrix composed of the opposites of each entry in a matrix