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tag: 04XWH28452
kind: concept
name: Elementary row operations
msc: [15A06]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_matrix
    locator: Elementary row operations
---

## Summary

The elementary row operations are three kinds of operations on the rows of a matrix.
They swap two rows, multiply a row by a nonzero scalar, or add a multiple of one row to another row.