your question is not very clear so i'm taking some assumption
m = order of matrix
n =min no of zero if A is a triangular matrices = m(m-1)/2
p =min no of zero if A is a diagonal matrices= m(m-1)
l = max no of different entries if A is a upper triangular matrix = m(m+1)/2
I hope you got your answer
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