Bidiagonal Matrix

In mathematics, a bidiagonal matrix is a matrix with non-zero entries along the main diagonal and either the diagonal above or the diagonal below. This means there are exactly two non zero diagonals in the matrix.

When the diagonal above the main diagonal has the non-zero entries the matrix is upper bidiagonal. When the diagonal below the main diagonal has the non-zero entries the matrix is lower bidiagonal.

For example, the following matrix is upper bidiagonal:

\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 4 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 & 4 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 3 \\ \end{pmatrix}

and the following matrix is lower bidiagonal:

\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 2 & 4 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 3 & 3 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 4 & 3 \\ \end{pmatrix}.

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