DIAGONALIZE

diagonalize, diagonalise

(verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

diagonalize (third-person singular simple present diagonalizes, present participle diagonalizing, simple past and past participle diagonalized)

(mathematics, transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse.

(cybernetics) To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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