The $1 \times 1$ matrix whose single entry is the scalar $a \in k$.
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Every entry of the $1 \times 1$ scalar matrix equals $a$.
The block-diagonal matrix $\mathrm{diag}(a, A)$ of size $(n+1) \times (n+1)$, putting the scalar $a$ in the top-left corner and the matrix $A$ in the bottom-right block.
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The $(0,0)$ entry of $\mathrm{diag}(a, A)$ is $a$.
Top row, non-corner entries of $\mathrm{diag}(a, A)$ are zero.
Leftmost column, non-corner entries of $\mathrm{diag}(a, A)$ are zero.
The bottom-right $n \times n$ block of $\mathrm{diag}(a, A)$ is $A$.
The diagonal block embedding $\mathrm{GL}_n(k) \hookrightarrow \mathrm{GL}_{n+1}(k)$ sending $M$ to $\mathrm{diag}(a, M)$, with $a \in k^\times$ in the leading slot.
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The underlying matrix of $\mathrm{diag}(a, M)$ as a $\mathrm{GL}_{n+1}$ element coincides with the matrix-level diagonal block embedding.
The diagonal block embedding sends diagonal matrices to diagonal matrices.
The diagonal block embedding sends the Iwahori subgroup $I_n$ into the Iwahori subgroup $I_{n+1}$, provided the leading scalar $a$ is a unit of $\mathcal{O}$.
Compatibility between the corner $\mathrm{GL}_n \hookrightarrow \mathrm{GL}_{n+1}$ block embedding and the diagonal block embedding: the conjugate of $\mathrm{diag}(a, M)$ by block embeddings of $A$ and $B$ equals $\mathrm{diag}(a, AMB)$.