0 votes 0 votes Is it necessary that the lower triangular matrix should contain 1 as leading diagonal in LU decomposition? In the solution to this problem they have taken the triangular matrix diagonal as 1. Linear Algebra linear-algebra engineering-mathematics + – Tendua asked Jan 30, 2017 Tendua 434 views answer comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply sudsho commented Jan 30, 2017 reply Follow Share no not neccessary...one same question is there in 2015-2 question 0 votes 0 votes Tendua commented Jan 30, 2017 reply Follow Share So have to check for both cases one will match right ? 0 votes 0 votes sudsho commented Jan 30, 2017 reply Follow Share yea..in gate they have discribed both lower and upper triangular matrix..so till now no confusion has occured... 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.