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Exercise 4.5.16

Avg difficulty 3.0

Determine whether BB is a right inverse, left inverse, both, or neither of AA.

  1. A=[421211],B=[1−1−11−12].A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}4&2&1\\ 2&1&1\\ \end{array}\right],\quad B=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}1&-1\\ -1&1\\ -1&2\\ \end{array}\right].
  2. A=[100102],B=[12−1010].A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}1&0\\ 0&1\\ 0&2\\ \end{array}\right],\quad B=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}1&2&-1\\ 0&1&0\\ \end{array}\right].
  3. A=[1237],B=[7−2−31].A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}1&2\\ 3&7\\ \end{array}\right],\quad B=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}7&-2\\ -3&1\\ \end{array}\right].
  4. A=[1231],B=[−121−1].A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}1&2\\ 3&1\\ \end{array}\right],\quad B=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}-1&2\\ 1&-1\\ \end{array}\right].

Selinger, Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Matrices, Matrix inverses, Exercise 4.5.16

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