simple-squiggle/node_modules/mathjs/docs/reference/functions/identity.md

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# Function identity
Create a 2-dimensional identity matrix with size m x n or n x n.
The matrix has ones on the diagonal and zeros elsewhere.
## Syntax
```js
math.identity(n)
math.identity(n, format)
math.identity(m, n)
math.identity(m, n, format)
math.identity([m, n])
math.identity([m, n], format)
```
### Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`size` | ...number &#124; Matrix &#124; Array | The size for the matrix
`format` | string | The Matrix storage format
### Returns
Type | Description
---- | -----------
Matrix &#124; Array &#124; number | A matrix with ones on the diagonal.
### Throws
Type | Description
---- | -----------
## Examples
```js
math.identity(3) // returns [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]
math.identity(3, 2) // returns [[1, 0], [0, 1], [0, 0]]
const A = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
math.identity(math.size(A)) // returns [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0]]
```
## See also
[diag](diag.md),
[ones](ones.md),
[zeros](zeros.md),
[size](size.md),
[range](range.md)