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Step number in Gaussian elimination is denoted as ___________

(a) Superscript

(b) Subscript

(c) Unknown

(d) Elimination

The question was posed to me in unit test.

The doubt is from Gaussian Elimination topic in section Matrix Algebra and Gaussian Elimination of Finite Element Method

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Right choice is (a) Superscript

To explain I would say: Gaussian elimination is an algorithm for solving systems of linear equations. The idea at step 1 is to use equation 1 (first row) in eliminating x1 from remaining equations. We know the step numbers as superscript set in parentheses.

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