In linear algebra, the identity matrix of size \(n\) is the \(n \times n\) Square matrix with ones on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere.
\(\href{/posts/identity_matrix}{I_{1}}=\begin{bmatrix}1\end{bmatrix}, \; \href{/posts/identity_matrix}{I_{2}}=\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{bmatrix}, \; \href{/posts/identity_matrix}{I_{3}}=\begin{bmatrix}1&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{bmatrix}, \; \dots , \; \href{/posts/identity_matrix}{I_{n}}=\begin{bmatrix}1&0&0&\cdots &0\\0&1&0&\cdots &0\\0&0&1&\cdots &0\\ \vdots &\vdots &\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\0&0&0&\cdots &1\end{bmatrix}.\)
Bibliography
“Identity Matrix.” 2022. Wikipedia, July. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Identity_matrix&oldid=1096591290.