Question
Classify the following matrices as a row, a column, a square, a diagonal, a scalar, a unit, an upper triangular, a lower triangular, a symmetric or a skew- symmetric matrix :

$\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 0 & 0 \\ 3 & -1 & 0 \\ -7 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$

Answer

Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 0 & 0 \\ 3 & -1 & 0 \\ -7 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$

As every element above the diagonal is zero in matrix A. ∴ A is a lower triangular matrix.

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