m = diag([1 2 3 4]) m = 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 inv(m) ans = 1.0000 0 0 0 0 0.5000 0 0 0 0 0.3333 0 0 0 0 0.2500 diary off