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UpperTriangularize

UpperTriangularize[m]
gives a matrix in which all but the upper triangular elements of m are replaced with zeros.
UpperTriangularize[m, k]
replaces with zeros only the elements below the k^(th) subdiagonal of m.
  • In UpperTriangularize[m, k] positive k refers to subdiagonals above the main diagonal and negative k refers to subdiagonals below the main diagonal.
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Basic Examples   (2)
Get the upper triangular part of a matrix:
Get the strictly upper triangular part of a matrix:
Get the upper triangular part of a matrix:
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Get the strictly upper triangular part of a matrix:
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Scope   (2)
Get the upper triangular part of nonsquare matrices:
The number of rows or columns limits the meaningful values of the parameter k:
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