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  • The symmetric tensors R_{ab} are 4×4, and this symmetry R_{ab} = R_{ba} means the off-diagonal components are equal, which is 6 in total.

    New Pulsar "Clocks" Will Aid Gravitational Wave Detection | Universe Today 2010

  • Somewhere I have Eigensmash for the Commodore 64, which diagonalizes any real symmetric matrix by lasering, bombing, shooting up and generally wreaking screen-and-audio havoc on off-diagonal elements by plane rotations and high altitude bombing.

    That McCain-can't-use-email ad. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Redness means that the off-diagonal elements of the covariance matrix are non-zero.

    AR1 on First Differences « Climate Audit 2006

  • VERY red noise terms means that a lot of off-diagonal elements are non-zero and the OLS confidence intervals will be greatly understated.

    AR1 on First Differences « Climate Audit 2006

  • However, if the sub-matrix interacts with the rest of the elements in technical term, off-diagonal blocks are non-zero, the problem becomes more complicated.

    Applying 'Game theory' to the Taiwan Strait problem, Google image and Anti-Secession Law Sun Bin 2005

  • However, if the sub-matrix interacts with the rest of the elements in technical term, off-diagonal blocks are non-zero, the problem becomes more complicated.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Sun Bin 2005

  • Only in an approximate sense, when strings are far apart but still close on the scale of everyday life, do the matrices resemble coordinates—because all the diagonal elements of the array become identical and the off-diagonal elements tend toward zero.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • Only in an approximate sense, when strings are far apart but still close on the scale of everyday life, do the matrices resemble coordinates—because all the diagonal elements of the array become identical and the off-diagonal elements tend toward zero.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • Only in an approximate sense, when strings are far apart but still close on the scale of everyday life, do the matrices resemble coordinates—because all the diagonal elements of the array become identical and the off-diagonal elements tend toward zero.

    Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

  • However, the off-diagonal elements are useful for answering questions such as: β3 − β2 0?

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows thaddunning 2010

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