Tuesday, 19 November 2019

linear algebra - Can we prove BA=E from AB=E?




I was wondering if AB=E (E is identity) is enough to claim A1=B or if we also need BA=E. All my textbooks define the inverse B of A such that AB=BA=E. But I can't see why AB=E isn't enough. I can't come up with an example for which AB=E holds but BAE.

I tried some stuff but I can only proof that BA=(BA)2.



Edit: For A,BRn×n and nN.


Answer



If AB=E, then (the linear application associated to) A has a right inverse, so it's surjective, and as the dimension is finite, surjectivity and injectivity are equivalent, so A is bijective, and has an inverse. And the inverse is also a right inverse, so it's B


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