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type: "concept"
title: "Square matrix"
slug: "square-matrix"
language: "en"
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domain: "Algebra"
status: "usable"
aliases: []
lastEditedBy: "ancient-tree"
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A square matrix is a [[Matrix|matrix]] with the same number of rows as columns.

##### Remarks
- The set of square matrices of size $n\times n$ over a ring $R$ is denoted $M_{n}(R)$.