# Integer matrix

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Integer matrix

In mathematics, an integer matrix is a matrix whose entries are all integers. Examples include the binary matrix; the zero matrix; the unit matrix; the adjacency matrix used in graph theory, amongst many others. Integer matrices find frequent application in combinatorics.

For example:

: and Are both examples of integer matrices.

Notes

Invertibility of integer matrices is in general more numerically stable than that of non-integer matrices. The determinant of an integer matrix is itself an integer, thus the smallest possible magnitude of the determinant of an invertible integer matrix is one, hence where inverses exist they do not become excessively large (see condition number). Theorems from matrix theory that infer properties from determinants thus avoid the traps induced by ill conditioned ("nearly" zero determinant) real or floating point valued matrices.

The inverse of an integer matrix $M$ is again an integer matrix if and only if the determinant of $M$ is exactly $1$ or $-1$. Integer matrices of determinant $pm 1$ form the group $mathrm\left\{GL\right\}\left(n,mathbf\left\{Z\right\}\right)$, which has far-reaching applications in arithmetic and geometry. For $n=2$, it is closely related to the modular group.

The characteristic polynomial of an integer matrix has integer coefficients. Since the eigenvalues of a matrix are the roots of the polynomial, the eigenvalues of an integer matrix are algebraic integers. In dimension less than 5, they can thus be expressed by radicals involving integers.

Integer matrices are sometimes called "integral matrices", although this use is discouraged.

* [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IntegerMatrix.html Integer Matrix at MathWorld]

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