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trace

Purpose

Sum of diagonal elements

Syntax

b = trace(A)

Description

b = trace(A)

is the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix A.

Algorithm

trace is a single-statement M-file.

t = sum(diag(A));

See Also

det Matrix determinant

eig Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

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