invertible matrix
let
be a matrix. if there is a matrix
such that
, then
is a left inverse of
.
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.11]
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.11]
let
be a matrix. if there is a matrix
such that
, then
is a right inverse of
.
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.11]
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.11]
an invertible matrix is a matrix that has both a left inverse and a right inverse.
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.13 invertible matrix]
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 definition 1.2.13 invertible matrix]
if a matrix
has both a left and a right inverse (is invertible), then it has only one left inverse and one right inverse, and they are identical; such a matrix is called the inverse of
and is denoted
.
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 proposition and definition 1.2.14 matrix inverse]
[cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 chapter 1 vectors, matrices and derivatives][cite:;taken from @calc_hubbard_2015 proposition and definition 1.2.14 matrix inverse]
if
is an invertible matrix, then
because
[cite:;taken from @algebra_axler_2024 definition 3.80]
if
and
are invertible square matrices of the same size, then
is invertible and
because
and similarly
.
[cite:;taken from @algebra_axler_2024 definition 3.80]
[cite:;taken from @algebra_axler_2024 definition 3.80]
for any invertible square matrices
, the inverse of their product is given by:

if
is an invertible matrix then
.
a square matrix
is invertible iff its determinant is non-zero (
). conversely,
is not invertible (singular) if and only if its determinant is zero (
).
let
. the following are equivalent:
is invertible.
.
- the columns (or rows) of
are linearly independent (form a basis for
).
.
- 0 is not an eigenvalue of
. (i.e.
).
- the constant term of
is non-zero. (i.e.,
). (if
, then
. if
, then
is a factor of
, so 0 is a root of
, meaning 0 is an eigenvalue).