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Find the basis of all 2X2 diagonal matrix, and determine its dimension.

The dimension of a 2X2 diagonal matrix is 2 which is spanned by $S p a n \{[\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}], [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}]\} .$ .

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Step 1: Determine the matrix.

Consider the matrix $A = [\begin{matrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{matrix}]$ where and are real.

Simplify the equation $A = [\begin{matrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{matrix}]$ as follows.

$A = [\begin{matrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{matrix}] A = [\begin{matrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}] + [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{matrix}] A = a [\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}] + b [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}]$

Step 2: Find the basis of each required space

In the matrix, $[\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}] and [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}]$ are linear independent.

Therefore, the matrix A is spanned by $S p a n \{[\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}], [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}]\}$ .

Hence, the dimension of A is 2 and spanned by $S p a n \{[\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{matrix}], [\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}]\}$ .

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