A square matrix in which all the elements lying on the main diagonal of the matrix are equal and the remaining elements off the main diagonal are all zero is called?
Answer: Scalar matrix
Explanation
A scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix where all diagonal elements are equal, and all other elements are zero.
Example:
[5 0
0 5]
Here, all diagonal elements are 5, and others are zero.
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