Go to CCP Homepage Go to Materials Page Go to Linear Algebra Materials

Inverses and Elementary Matrices*

David Smith, Duke University

with the assistance of
Stephanie Fitchett, Duke University
John Michel, Marietta College

Purpose: To explore the properties of inverse matrices. Our principal tool for this exploration is the expression of elementary row operations as left multiplications by elementary matrices.

Prerequisites:

*Adapted from ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, S. Leon et al., Prentice-Hall, 1996.

Go to CCP Homepage Go to Materials Page Go to Linear Algebra Materials


modules at math.duke.edu Copyright CCP and the author(s), 1998
Last Modified: December 5, 2000