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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
for any invertible square matrices , the inverse of their product is given by:
if is an invertible matrix then .
if is an invertible transformation from the vector space onto the vector space 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).