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Exercise 11.11.4

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Assume AA and BB are unitary 3×33\times 3-matrices. Then which of the following matrices are unitary?

(a) AB(b) A+B(c) iA(d) −A(e) 2A(f) B−1(g) AT(h) A∗(i) A2(j) ABA−1(a)~{}AB\quad(b)~{}A+B\quad(c)~{}iA\quad(d)~{}-A\quad(e)~{}2A\quad(f)~{}B^{-1}\quad(g)~{}A^{T}\quad(h)~{}A^{*}\quad(i)~{}A^{2}\quad(j)~{}ABA^{-1}

Selinger, Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Inner product spaces, Unitary and hermitian matrices, Exercise 11.11.4

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