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A matrix is a rectangular array of elements, usually numbers or variables, arranged in rows and columns. A matrix with $m$ rows and $n$ columns has $m \times n$ elements and is called an $m$ by $n$ matrix. Matrices are a part of .

Matrices can be added and subtracted. Furthermore, if they have compatible shapes, they can be multiplied. More precisely, given two matrices $A$ and $B$, the matrix $AB$ is defined when the number of columns of $A$ is equal to the number of rows of $B$. In particular, given a natural number $n$, any two matrices $A$ and $B$ with $n$ columns and $n$ rows can be multiplied in both ways (that is, both $AB$ and $BA$ exist).


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How can i prove that $AB=BA$?

In given $A,B$ in size of $n\times n$, and, $A=I-AB$. (I know how to prove that A is invertible) How can i prove that $AB=BA$?
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Criterion for commutativity of matrices

In Wikipedia it says that "A $n\times n$ matrix of a ring $R$ is commutative if and only if $n=1$ and $R$ is commutative". Could someone please provide me with a proof/reference to a proof of that ?
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Matrix inequality

Let $Z$ be a 3$\times$2 matrix, $G$ be a 2$\times$2 positive definite symmetric (covariance) matrix, $\sigma^2$ a positive scalar, and $I$ a 2$\times$2 unit diagonal matrix. Numerically I always see that $$Z^{\prime}(ZGZ^{\prime}+\sigma^2I)^{-1}Z…
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Is a matrix $A$ raised to the power $0$ $ $ just defined to be $I$, or $I$ can actually be derived somehow from matrix multiplication?

Is a matrix $A$ raised to the power $0$ $ $ just defined to be $I$, or $I$ can actually be derived somehow from matrix multiplication? Would something like the following suffice to derive it? $I=A^nA^{-n}=A^{(n-n)}=A^0 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ …
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Formulating Transformation Matrix?

How to formulate a transformation matrix for the following operation? Like all the examples I found are different and I can't understand how to solve this problem: y=A.X y = (y1 y2)' x = (x1 'x2) (y1 y2)' = (x1 x2)' (-x1, x2)' = (-x1, -x2)'
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Solving matrices with unknown coefficients

Thanks for reading. I've gone through the other thread on this topic but the answer is quite different to the one I've got for the following question and I need some help in checking if my answer is correct - any help is greatly appreciated :) The…
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Is there any easy way to check if a matrix is diagonalizable or not?

Wikipedia gives me, In linear algebra, a square matrix $A$ is called diagonalizable if it is similar to a diagonal matrix, i.e., if there exists an invertible matrix $P$ such that $P^{−1}AP$ is a diagonal matrix. However, this condition is not…
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What is the difference between a Toeplitz matrix and a circular matrix?

A Toeplitz matrix is defined as a constant-diagonal matrix. A circular matrix is defined as a special kind of Toeplitz matrix where each row vector is rotated one element to the right relative to the preceding row vector. I cannot think of an…
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Can I put square root on these matrices?

If $A$ and $B$ are nonnegative square matrices and $B^2$ =$P^T$$A^2$$P$ with $P$ a permutation matrix. Can we deduce that $B$ =$P^T$ $A$ $P$ ?
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Given the matrix C, find a matrix X such that $( X ^T-2I)^{-1}=C$

$$C=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 1 \\4 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$ if somebody can help me to solve this question i tried to solve it but no luck while i was trying i thought that if i got C inverse and then add it by I (identity matrix) which makes it transpose =…
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An example of a unipotent matrix which is NOT upper triangular

Define::= $I_n$ -- the $n \times n$ identity matrix. Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ real matrix. Define::= Nilpotent matrix -- an $n \times n$ real matrix $X$ such that $X^n = $ the zero matrix for some $n$ in the positive integers. Define::=…
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How does the inverse of diagonal matrix looks like?

How does the inverse diagonal matrix looks like - D$(3,3)$? If I have diagonal matrix like this: $$\begin{bmatrix} 5 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 7 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 6\end{bmatrix}$$ Is the inverse of this matrix is all non zero element raised by power of…
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Values for entries of a matrix to have full row rank.

We are given the following matrix: $$ A=\begin{pmatrix} b_1 & \lambda_1b_1 & \lambda_1^2b_1 & \ldots &\lambda_1^{n-1}b_1 \\ b_2 & \lambda_2b_2 & \lambda_2^2b_2 & \ldots &\lambda_2^{n-1}b_2\\ \vdots\\ …
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Confirm or improve following multiplication of $2 \times 2$ matrix :

Our textbook says the following: $$ \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \cdot \begin{bmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} \\ b_{21} & b_{22} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} b_{11} & b_{22} \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} $$ Being a novice when it comes to…
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Does the notation for this matrix augmentation make sense?

Does the following notation makes sense if I have several matrices $X_i$ and I augment each of them with element-wise operations ? $X_i \leftarrow (X_i \ \vert \ X_i^2 \ \vert \ \log(X_i + 1) \ \vert \ (1 + \log X_i)^{-1} \ \vert 1 )$ The last term…
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