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Exercise 16

Avg difficulty 3.0

A square matrix is upper triangular if each i,ji,j entry is zero in the part above the diagonal, that is, when i>ji>j.

  • Must the adjoint of an upper triangular matrix be upper triangular? Lower triangular?

  • Prove that the inverse of a upper triangular matrix is upper triangular, if an inverse exists.

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Determinants, Laplace’s Expansion, Exercise 16

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