Let A be an invertible matrix such that , where L and L1 are unit lower triangular matrices, and U and U1 are upper triangular matrices. Show that L = L1 and U = U1. Solution A = L1U1 = L2U2 are two LU-factorizations of the nonsingular matrix A.The equation L1U1 = L2U2 can be written in the form L12 L1 = U2U11 , where by lemmas 1.2-1.4 L1 2 L1 is unit lower triangular and U1 2 U1 is upper triangular. But then both matrices must be diagonal with ones on the diagonal. We conclude that L12 L1 = I = U1U21 which means that L1 = L2 and U1 = U2. .