Sunday, May 5, 2019

linear algebra - Are there matrices such that $AB=I$ and $BA neq I$




Are there matrices such that $AB=I$ and $BA \neq I$ ?



$A$ and $B$ are square matrices


Answer



With square matrices, no. With non-square matrices, it's perfectly possible. For example,
\begin{align*}
A &= \left(\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right) \\
B &= \left(\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0\end{array}\right)

\end{align*}
Note that, indeed, we cannot have non-square matrices where $AB$ and $BA$ are identities of appropriate dimensions, because that would imply the existence of an isomorphism between spaces of different dimensions!


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