Diagonal[m] gives the list of elements on the leading diagonal of the matrix m.
Diagonal[m, k]gives the elements on the k diagonal of m.
Give the diagonal elements of a matrix:
Give diagonals one element above and below the leading diagonal:
Give a diagonal of a nonsquare matrix:
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