Kronecker Delta

🅟 Apr 02, 2026

  🅤 Apr 02, 2026

DEF-KD. Kronecker Delta.

For any $i$ and $j$, we write

\[\delta_{i,j} = \begin{cases} 1, & \text{if $i=j$}, \\ 0, & \text{if $i\neq j$}, \end{cases}\]

where the meaning of $1$ and $0$ should be clear in the given context.

Using Iverson Brackets we have

\[\delta_{i,j} = [i=j].\]