Question #203862

Show that if A is a matrix with a row of zeros,then A cannot have an inverse


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Expert's answer
2021-06-07T15:05:29-0400

Let us show that if AA is a matrix with a row of zeros, then AA cannot have an inverse. Let BB be any matrix. Taking into account that AA is a matrix with a row of zeros, we conclude that det(A)=0,\det (A)=0, and hence det(AB)=det(A)det(B)=0det(B)=0.\det(AB)=\det(A)\det(B)=0\cdot\det(B)=0. Since for the identity matrix EE we have that det(E)=10,\det(E)=1\ne 0, we conclude that ABEAB\ne E for any matrix B,B, and thus AA cannot have an inverse.


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