Kronecker Delta

🅟 Apr 02, 2026

  🅤 Jun 20, 2026

Definition 1.

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

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

Using Iverson Brackets we have

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