Friday, November 11, 2016

linear algebra - Why is the left inverse of a matrix equal to the right inverse?

Given a square matrix A that has full row rank we know that the matrix is invertible. So there is a matrix B such that



AB=1



writing this in component notation,



AijBjk=δik



Now, we tend to write A1 instead of B but let's leave it like that for now.




My question is how can we show that BA=1? We mechanically jump to the conclusion that if the inverse exists, AA1=A1A=1 but how to show that? Equivalently why is the left inverse equal to the right inverse? It seems intuitively obvious!



Thanks a bunch, I appreciate.

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