Matrix Inverse

The inverse of a square matrix

, sometimes called a reciprocal matrix, is a matrix

such that

where is the identity matrix. Courant and Hilbert (1989, p. 10) use the notation

to denote the inverse matrix.

A square matrix

has an inverse iff the determinant

(Lipschutz 1991, p. 45). A matrix possessing an inverse is called nonsingular, o

The matrix inverse of a square matrix

may be taken in Mathematica using the function Inverse[m].

For a

matrix

the matrix inverse is

For a

matrix

the matrix inverse is

A general

matrix can be inverted using methods such as the Gauss-Jordan elimination, Gaussian elimination, or LU decomposition.

The inverse of a product

of matrices

and

can be expressed in terms of

and

. Let

Then

and

Therefore,

so

where is the identity matrix, and

SEE ALSO: Gauss-Jordan Elimination, Gaussian Elimination, LU Decomposition, Matrix, Matrix 1-Inverse, Matrix Addition, Matrix Multiplicat

Matrix Inverse, Nonsingular Matrix, Pseudoinverse, Singular Matrix, Strassen Formulas