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Nonzero vs Tridiagonal - What's the difference?

nonzero | tridiagonal |

As adjectives the difference between nonzero and tridiagonal

is that nonzero is (mathematics|of a quantity) not equal to zero while tridiagonal is (linear algebra|of a matrix) having nonzero elements only in the main diagonal and the diagonals directly above and below it.

As a noun nonzero

is a quantity which is not zero.

nonzero

English

Alternative forms

* non-zero

Adjective

(-)
  • (mathematics, of a quantity) Not equal to zero.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A quantity which is not zero.
    • The function has 1074 nonzeros .

    See also

    * nonnegative * nonpositive * nonvanishing

    tridiagonal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linear algebra, of a matrix) Having nonzero elements only in the main diagonal and the diagonals directly above and below it.