commuting matrices

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Two matrices $A\,$ and $B\,$ are said to commute if the commutator

$[A,B] \equiv AB - BA\,$

vanishes, so that

$AB = BA\,$ .

See also

simultaneous diagonalization of commuting normal matrices

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