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Inverse Matrix

The document discusses inverse matrices. It defines an inverse matrix as a matrix B such that when multiplied with the original matrix A, the product is the identity matrix. Only square matrices can have inverses. The inverse of a 2x2 matrix A is calculated as (1/det(A))*adj(A), where det(A) is the determinant of A and adj(A) is the adjugate of A. For a matrix to have an inverse, its determinant must not equal 0.

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Inverse Matrix

The document discusses inverse matrices. It defines an inverse matrix as a matrix B such that when multiplied with the original matrix A, the product is the identity matrix. Only square matrices can have inverses. The inverse of a 2x2 matrix A is calculated as (1/det(A))*adj(A), where det(A) is the determinant of A and adj(A) is the adjugate of A. For a matrix to have an inverse, its determinant must not equal 0.

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The inverse matrix

Jackie Nicholas
Mathematics Learning Centre
University of Sydney

c 2010 University of Sydney


The identity matrix

Recall, we defined an identity matrix as a square matrix with 1’s


down the main diagonal and 0’s everywhere else.
 
1 0
So I2 = is the 2 × 2 identity matrix,
0 1
 
1 0 0
I3 =  0 1 0  is the 3 × 3 identity matrix, and
0 0 1
 
1 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0 
I4 =   is the 4 × 4 identity matrix.
 0 0 1 0 
0 0 0 1
Identity matrices

Identity matrices are important as they have the property that


when we multiply a matrix A by the appropriate identity matrix,
the product is A itself.

If A is a 2 × 3 matrix, then

I2 × A = A = A × I3 .
 
4 −1 3
Example: If A = then
1 −2 9
     
1 0 4 −1 3 4 −1 3
× = .
0 1 1 −2 9 1 −2 9

Check that A × I3 = A for yourself.


Inverse matrices

Let A be an n × n matrix.

The inverse of a matrix A is a matrix B such that

AB = BA = In .

If AB = BA then matrix B must also be n × n.

Thus only square matrices can have an inverse.


An inverse matrix is unique

If A is a square n × n matrix which has an inverse, the inverse is


unique.

Notation
The inverse of a matrix A, if it exists, is denoted by A−1
so

AA−1 = A−1 A = I .

Note, not all square matrices have inverses.


The inverse of a 2 × 2 matrix
 
a b
Let A = be a 2 × 2 matrix.
c d
We define the determinant of A as

det A = |A| = ad − bc.

The matrix A has an inverse A−1 if

det A = |A| = ad − bc 6= 0,
in which case
 
−1 1 d −b
A = .
ad − bc −c a
Examples

 
0 −5
Let A = , then det A = 0 − (−5)(1) = 5 6= 0
1 −4

so the inverse A−1 exists.


   4 
−1 1 −4 5 −5 1
A = = .
5 −1 0 − 15 0

 
2 −6
Let B = , then det B = 2(−3) − (−6)(1) = 0.
1 −3

So B is not invertible, ie B −1 does not exist.

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