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Chapter 2: Q16Q (page 93)
Is it possible \({\bf{5}} \times {\bf{5}}\) matrix to be invertible when its columns do not span \({\mathbb{R}^{\bf{5}}}\)? Why or why not
The inverse of the matrix does not exist.
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A useful way to test new ideas in matrix algebra, or to make conjectures, is to make calculations with matrices selected at random. Checking a property for a few matrices does not prove that the property holds in general, but it makes the property more believable. Also, if the property is actually false, you may discover this when you make a few calculations.
37. Construct a random \({\bf{4}} \times {\bf{4}}\) matrix Aand test whether \(\left( {A + I} \right)\left( {A - I} \right) = {A^2} - I\). The best way to do this is to compute \(\left( {A + I} \right)\left( {A - I} \right) - \left( {{A^2} - I} \right)\) and verify that this difference is the zero matrix. Do this for three random matrices. Then test \(\left( {A + B} \right)\left( {A - B} \right) = {A^2} - {B^{\bf{2}}}\) the same way for three pairs of random \({\bf{4}} \times {\bf{4}}\) matrices. Report your conclusions.
Suppose Ais a \(3 \times n\) matrix whose columns span \({\mathbb{R}^3}\). Explain how to construct an \(n \times 3\) matrix Dsuch that \(AD = {I_3}\).
Suppose the last column of ABis entirely zero but Bitself has no column of zeros. What can you sayaboutthe columns of A?
Suppose the second column of Bis all zeros. What can you
say about the second column of AB?
Suppose Aand Bare \(n \times n\), Bis invertible, and ABis invertible. Show that Ais invertible. (Hint: Let C=AB, and solve this equation for A.)
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