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\documentclass{report}

\usepackage[plainpages=false,colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[style=altlist,toc,counter=section]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newglossaryentry{ident}{name=identity matrix,
description=diagonal matrix with 1s along the leading diagonal,
plural=identity matrices}

\newglossaryentry{diag}{name=diagonal matrix,
description=matrix whose only non-zero entries are along
the leading diagonal,
plural=diagonal matrices}

\newglossaryentry{sing}{name=singular matrix,
description=matrix with zero determinant,
plural=singular matrices}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}
\tableofcontents

\printglossaries

\chapter{Introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
This is a sample document illustrating the use of the
\textsf{glossaries} package.

\chapter{Diagonal matrices}

A \gls[format=hyperit]{diag} is a matrix where all elements not on the
leading diagonal are zero.  This is the
primary definition, so an italic font is used for the page number.

\newpage
\section{Identity matrix}
The \gls[format=hyperit]{ident} is a \gls{diag} whose leading
diagonal elements are all equal to 1.

Here is another entry for a \gls{diag}. And this is the
plural: \glspl{ident}.

This adds an entry into the glossary with a bold number, but
it doesn't create a hyperlink: \gls*[format=hyperbf]{ident}.

\chapter{Singular Matrices}

A \gls{sing} is a matrix with zero determinant.
\Glspl{sing} are non-invertible. Possessive:
a \gls{sing}['s] dimensions are not necessarily equal.

Another \gls{ident} entry.

\end{document}
