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Part BCSIR NET December 2023invertibility-over-rings

Invertibility over rings

Let denote the n × n identity matrix. Which one of the following statements is true?

  1. A.If A is a real 3×2 matrix and B a real 2×3 matrix with BA , then AB .
  2. B.Let A = [[3, 3], [1, 2]]. Then there is a matrix B with integer entries such that AB .
  3. C.Let A = [[3, 1], [1, 2]] with entries in . Then there is a matrix B with entries in such that AB .
  4. D.If A is a real non-zero 3×3 diagonal matrix, then there is a real matrix B such that AB .

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