Theorem 6: Multiplicative Property for Determinants If A and B are nxn matrices, then det(AB)= (det A)(det B)
Theorem 6: Multiplicative Property for Determinants If A and B are nxn matrices, then det(AB)= (det A)(det B)
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Transcribed Image Text:2. Problem 2: You will be partially proving the following theorem:
Theorem 6: Multiplicative Property for Determinants
If A and B are nxn matrices, then det(AB) = (det A)(det B)
Start of proof: If A is invertible, then A is row equivalent to /. Assuming it takes three
elementary row operations to reduce A to the identity matrix, there exists elementary matrices
E1, E2, and E, such that E3E,E,A = I.
(a) Solve E,E,E,A = I for matrix A.
(b) Right multiply both sides of your solution from part (a) by matrix B.
(Hint, the answer/result is AB = E'E,'E,'B)
(c) Therefore, |AB| = E'E;'E,'B . Use this to carefully show that |AB| = |A||B|
Hints:
(i) Each E' is an elementary matrix.
(ii) You can "expand" or "peel apart" E,'E;'E;'B using methods from problem 1.
(iii) You can put "part of that product from (ii) back together". "Carefully" here may
require doing this in 2 steps.
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