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AA−1 = A−1 A = In .
Only square matrices have inverses. When it exists, the inverse A−1 is unique.
(ii) Only half of the definition needs to be checked, in the following sense: if A is a square matrix and
AB = I or BA = I, then
AB = BA = I
so that the inverse A−1 exists and equals B.
(iii) Let A be an invertible matrix. Then AT is invertible and (AT )−1 = (A−1 )T .
(iv) A matrix is invertible if its inverse exists. If A and B are invertible matrices of the same size, then
AB is invertible and (AB)−1 = B −1 A−1 .
(v) Let A be an invertible matrix. If n is an integer define
I if n = 0
· · · A}
AA
if n is positive
An
| {z
= n times
−1 −1 −1
|A A {z· · · A } if n is negative
−n times
1
Preparatory Exercises:
1. Evaluate the determinants for the following 2 × 2 matrices and hence determine whether or not they
are invertible. If they are invertible, find the inverse.
1 −2 1 0 0 2 5 4 6 12
A= , B= , C= , D= , E= .
−1 3 0 2 1 0 3 3 3 6
2. Apply row reduction to the following augmented matrices to invert A and D of the previous exercise:
1 −2 1 0 5 4 1 0
, .
−1 3 0 1 3 3 0 1
Answers:
Copyright © Some of these tutorial exercises have been adapted from A First Course in Linear Algebra by David Easdown
and from Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction, 4th Edition by David Poole.