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Facts

Fact 1
Let Lij(-c) denote the lower triangular matrix whose only nonzero entries are 1s on the main
diagonal and -c in the (i, j) position. Then A Lij(-c)A represents the row operation
subtracting c times row j from row i.
Fact 2
Lij(-c)-1 = Lij(c).
Fact 3
The following matrix product equation holds.
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Example
Solve system below using the LU factorization.
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The system has LU factorization


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Step 1 is

which corresponds to the system

Starting at the top, the solutions are

Step 2 is
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which corresponds to the system

Starting at the top, the solutions are

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