Math 280, Lecture 6, Feb 19

 Matrix product by a column may be written as a linear combination of column vectors

Example

Examples

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Example

Section 1.4 Algebraic Properties of Matrices

Example Show for the Matrices A, B, C below that (AB)C = A(BC)

  In general, AB  BA for matrices A, B.

Example

 Important Question: How to decide if a matrix has an inverse and how to compute it in this
case.

The answer is easy for 2x2 matrices.

Example

6x  y  2
(c) Use the above to solve the system
5 x  2 y  3

6 1   x   2 
Notice the system may be written as      
 5 2   y   3 
Then multiply by the inverse matrix of the coefficients to get

1 1  2  1  2 
6 1  6 1   x  6 1   2  1 0   x   7 7
5 2  5 2   y   5 2   3  0 1   y    5 6   3
            
 7 7 