6. Cofactor Method for Inverses
• Let A = (aij) be an nxn matrix
• Recall, the co-factor Cij of element aij is:
• Mij is the (n-1) x (n-1) matrix made by
removing the ROW i and COLUMN j of A
7. Cofactor Method for Inverses
• Put all co-factors in a matrix – called the
matrix of co-factors:
C11 C12 C1n
C21
Cn1
C22
Cn2
C2n
Cnn
8. Cofactor Method for Inverses
• Inverse of A is given by:
A-1 = (matrix of co-factors)T1
|A|
1
|A|
C11 C21 Cn1
C12
C1n
C22
C2n
Cn2
Cnn
=
33. 2
0
-1
2 -1
-1
0
1-1
Examples 3x3 Matrix
• Using the formula,
B-1 = (matrix of co-factors)T1
|B|
=
• Same answer obtained by Gauss-Jordan method
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The inverse of A below is developed in the text.
1 2 -1
-1 1 3
3 2 1
A
1
-0.25 -0.2 0.35
0.5 0.2 -0.1
-0.25 0.2 0.15
A
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The inverse of A below is developed in the text.
1 2 -1
-1 1 3
3 2 1
A
1
-0.25 -0.2 0.35
0.5 0.2 -0.1
-0.25 0.2 0.15
A
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Simultaneous Linear Equations
11 1 12 2 1 1
21 1 22 2 2 2
1 1 2 2
....
....
: : :
....
m m
m m
m m mm m m
a x a x a x b
a x a x a x b
a x a x a x b
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Matrix Form of Simultaneous
Linear Equations
11 12 1 1 1
21 22 2 2 2
1 2
....
....
: :: :
....
m
m
m mm m mm
a a a x b
a a a x b
x ba a a
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Define variables as follows:
11 12 1
21 22 2
1 2
....
....
: :
....
m
m
m m mm
a a a
a a a
a a a
A
1
2
:
m
x
x
x
x
1
2
:
m
b
b
b
b
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1
2
3
-0.25 -0.2 0.35 -8
0.5 0.2 -0.1 7
-0.25 0.2 0.15 4
x
x
x
x
-1
x = A b
2
-3
4
x
44. To show that matrices are inverses of one another,
show that the multiplication of the matrices is
commutative and results in the identity matrix.
Show that A and B are inverses.
23
35
53
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