Exercise

1. Find matrices A and B such that AB = 0 but BA ≠ 0.

2. Show there are no 2 × 2 matrices A and B such that AB − BA =

[10 11 ]
3. If A and B are n × n matrices, when does (A + B)(A − B) = A2 − B2 ?

A= 1 2
4. Let −2 1 [ ]
a. Show that A2 − 2A + 5I = 0.
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b. Show that A-1 = 5 (2I − A).
c. Show in general that for any square matrix A satisfying A2 − 2A + 5I = 0, the inverse is
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A-1 = 5 (2I − A).
5. Find A-1 or indicate that it does not exist. When A-1 exists, check your answer by
showing that AA-1= I