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MatDiag
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Syntax:
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<pre>M := MatDiag(S, L);</pre>

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<td>matrix</td>
<td><pre>  M  </pre></td>
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<td>ring</td>
<td><pre>  S  </pre></td>
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<td>list</td>
<td><pre>  L  </pre></td>
<td>diagonal entries</td>
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Description:
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Creates the diagonal matrix <tt> M</tt> over the coefficient ring <tt> S</tt>.
<tt> L</tt> is a list containing the diagonal entries.

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Example:
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Create the diagonal matrix
\left(\begin{array}{ccccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 0 & 2 & 0 & 0 & 0
0 & 0 & 3 & 0 & 0 0 & 0 & 0 & 4 & 0 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 5 \end{array}right)
\in {Z}^{5 \times 5}. 
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kash> MatDiag(Z, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
> [1 0 0 0 0]
[0 2 0 0 0]
[0 0 3 0 0]
[0 0 0 4 0]
[0 0 0 0 5]

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