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\( I \)

Short Description

This is the symbol for the identity matrix. It behaves such that, for some matrix \(A\), \(AI = A\) and \(IA = A\)

Medium Description

This is the symbol for the identity matrix. It behaves such that, for some matrix \(A\), \(AI = A\) and \(IA = A\).

Long Description

The symbol for the identity matrix is \(I\). It behaves such that, for some matrix \(A\), \(AI = A\) and \(IA = A\). It looks like a matrix of all zeros apart from the main diagonal which are ones. For the example of a 2 dimensional matrix it looks like:

\[I=\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0\\1 & 0\end{bmatrix}\]