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The important property of I_n is that

AI_n = A   and   I_nB = B

whenever these matrix multiplications are defined. In particular, the identity matrix serves as the unit of the ring of all n-by-n matrices, and as the identity element of the general linear group GL(n) consisting of all invertible n-by-n matrices. (The identity matrix itself is obviously invertible, being its own inverse.)

The ith column of an identity matrix is the unit vector e_i. Using the notation that is sometimes used to concisely describe diagonal matrices, we can write:

It can also be written using the Kronecker delta notation:

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