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Suppose that the matrix $Ain{mathbb{R}}^{ntimes r}$, $textrm{rank}(A)=r$, and $I_{n}$ is the identity matrix. Is there a matrix $Bin{mathbb{R}}^{rtimes n}$, such that
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What is the requirement for the matrix $A$? Thank you!






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    You mean $rank(A)$?
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    @Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
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    @Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
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    @Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
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Suppose that the matrix $Ain{mathbb{R}}^{ntimes r}$, $textrm{rank}(A)=r$, and $I_{n}$ is the identity matrix. Is there a matrix $Bin{mathbb{R}}^{rtimes n}$, such that
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What is the requirement for the matrix $A$? Thank you!






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    You mean $rank(A)$?
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    @Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
    – Patricio
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    @Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:10






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    @Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
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Suppose that the matrix $Ain{mathbb{R}}^{ntimes r}$, $textrm{rank}(A)=r$, and $I_{n}$ is the identity matrix. Is there a matrix $Bin{mathbb{R}}^{rtimes n}$, such that
$$AB=I_{n}?$$



What is the requirement for the matrix $A$? Thank you!






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Suppose that the matrix $Ain{mathbb{R}}^{ntimes r}$, $textrm{rank}(A)=r$, and $I_{n}$ is the identity matrix. Is there a matrix $Bin{mathbb{R}}^{rtimes n}$, such that
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What is the requirement for the matrix $A$? Thank you!






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    You mean $rank(A)$?
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:02






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    @Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:03








  • 1




    @Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:10






  • 2




    @Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
    – lisyarus
    Dec 4 at 10:41














  • 1




    You mean $rank(A)$?
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:02






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    @Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:03








  • 1




    @Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
    – Patricio
    Dec 4 at 8:10






  • 2




    @Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
    – lisyarus
    Dec 4 at 10:41








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You mean $rank(A)$?
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:02




You mean $rank(A)$?
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:02




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@Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:03






@Yasmin, $A$ needs not be square, I think
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:03






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@Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:10




@Yasmin, that's my point, $A$ is $n times r$ and $n$ and $r$ need not be equal to each other.
– Patricio
Dec 4 at 8:10




2




2




@Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
– lisyarus
Dec 4 at 10:41




@Yasmin In case $n=r$, the question states that $rank(A)=n$, so it is automatically invertible. I guess the meat of the question is what happens if $n neq r$.
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From $n=rank (AB)leqmin{rank (A),rank (B)}$ and also $rank(A)leqmin{n,r}$ you can deduce something about the size of $A$ and its rank.






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    Consider
    $$
    A=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}
    $$
    then
    $$
    AB=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2end{bmatrix}=begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2\0 & 0end{bmatrix}.
    $$
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      One of the solution for $B$ is the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ of $A$.

      Solution(s) exist as soon as $n le r$ and that $rank(A)=n$.

      If $n = r$, $B$ is the inverse of $A$.

      If $n < r$, the set of solutions corresponds to the Moore-Penrose inverse plus an element ($C$ such that $AC = 0$) owing to a set of dimension equal to $r-n$.

      Look at the corresponding Wikipendia entry for example.






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      • The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
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        @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
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      • OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
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      • @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
        – Damien
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      • I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
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      Yet another sufficient way of doing this. Since $rank(A) = r$, we have $rleq n$. Thinking in terms of columns of $A$ will help you see this. You picked $r$ vectors in a $n$-dimensional space. Since $rank(A)=r$, they are all linearly independent. Since you can have only $n$ independent vectors at most in a $n$-dimensional space, $rleq n$. In case $r=n$, then $B=A^{-1}$. In case $r<n$, $B$ doesn't exist.To see this, observe that determinant of RHS is $1$ ($neq 0$). Now determinant of LHS (i.e. AB) is zero as it is not a full-rank matrix. To see that, you can think of columns of $AB$ as a linear combination of columns $A$. Since you took $r$ independent vectors and constructed $n(>r)$ vectors out of it, they have to be dependent and hence $AB$ should have determinant zero.






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        From $n=rank (AB)leqmin{rank (A),rank (B)}$ and also $rank(A)leqmin{n,r}$ you can deduce something about the size of $A$ and its rank.






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            From $n=rank (AB)leqmin{rank (A),rank (B)}$ and also $rank(A)leqmin{n,r}$ you can deduce something about the size of $A$ and its rank.






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            From $n=rank (AB)leqmin{rank (A),rank (B)}$ and also $rank(A)leqmin{n,r}$ you can deduce something about the size of $A$ and its rank.







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                Consider
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                A=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}
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                then
                $$
                AB=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2end{bmatrix}=begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2\0 & 0end{bmatrix}.
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                  Consider
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                  A=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}
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                  then
                  $$
                  AB=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2end{bmatrix}=begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2\0 & 0end{bmatrix}.
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                    Consider
                    $$
                    A=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}
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                    then
                    $$
                    AB=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2end{bmatrix}=begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2\0 & 0end{bmatrix}.
                    $$
                    Do you see the trouble?






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                    Consider
                    $$
                    A=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}
                    $$
                    then
                    $$
                    AB=begin{bmatrix}1\0end{bmatrix}begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2end{bmatrix}=begin{bmatrix}b_1 & b_2\0 & 0end{bmatrix}.
                    $$
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                        One of the solution for $B$ is the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ of $A$.

                        Solution(s) exist as soon as $n le r$ and that $rank(A)=n$.

                        If $n = r$, $B$ is the inverse of $A$.

                        If $n < r$, the set of solutions corresponds to the Moore-Penrose inverse plus an element ($C$ such that $AC = 0$) owing to a set of dimension equal to $r-n$.

                        Look at the corresponding Wikipendia entry for example.






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                        • The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                          – A.Γ.
                          Dec 4 at 8:46






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                          @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                          – Damien
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                        • OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 17:49










                        • @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                          – Damien
                          Dec 4 at 18:17










                        • I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 18:37















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                        One of the solution for $B$ is the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ of $A$.

                        Solution(s) exist as soon as $n le r$ and that $rank(A)=n$.

                        If $n = r$, $B$ is the inverse of $A$.

                        If $n < r$, the set of solutions corresponds to the Moore-Penrose inverse plus an element ($C$ such that $AC = 0$) owing to a set of dimension equal to $r-n$.

                        Look at the corresponding Wikipendia entry for example.






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                        • The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                          – A.Γ.
                          Dec 4 at 8:46






                        • 1




                          @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                          – Damien
                          Dec 4 at 8:50










                        • OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 17:49










                        • @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                          – Damien
                          Dec 4 at 18:17










                        • I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 18:37













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                        up vote
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                        One of the solution for $B$ is the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ of $A$.

                        Solution(s) exist as soon as $n le r$ and that $rank(A)=n$.

                        If $n = r$, $B$ is the inverse of $A$.

                        If $n < r$, the set of solutions corresponds to the Moore-Penrose inverse plus an element ($C$ such that $AC = 0$) owing to a set of dimension equal to $r-n$.

                        Look at the corresponding Wikipendia entry for example.






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                        One of the solution for $B$ is the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ of $A$.

                        Solution(s) exist as soon as $n le r$ and that $rank(A)=n$.

                        If $n = r$, $B$ is the inverse of $A$.

                        If $n < r$, the set of solutions corresponds to the Moore-Penrose inverse plus an element ($C$ such that $AC = 0$) owing to a set of dimension equal to $r-n$.

                        Look at the corresponding Wikipendia entry for example.







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                        • The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                          – A.Γ.
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                          @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                          – Damien
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                        • OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 17:49










                        • @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                          – Damien
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                        • I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 18:37


















                        • The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                          – A.Γ.
                          Dec 4 at 8:46






                        • 1




                          @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                          – Damien
                          Dec 4 at 8:50










                        • OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 17:49










                        • @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                          – Damien
                          Dec 4 at 18:17










                        • I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                          – Federico Poloni
                          Dec 4 at 18:37
















                        The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                        – A.Γ.
                        Dec 4 at 8:46




                        The Moore-Penrose inverse is just one of many other possibilities for $B$.
                        – A.Γ.
                        Dec 4 at 8:46




                        1




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                        @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                        – Damien
                        Dec 4 at 8:50




                        @A.Γ. Of course. I was editing the answer when you commented it.
                        – Damien
                        Dec 4 at 8:50












                        OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                        – Federico Poloni
                        Dec 4 at 17:49




                        OP specified that $operatorname{rank}(A)=r$, so this disqualifies cases with $r>n$.
                        – Federico Poloni
                        Dec 4 at 17:49












                        @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                        – Damien
                        Dec 4 at 18:17




                        @FedericoPoloni The problem can only have a solution if $n le r$. I don't think that OP ignores this basic point. Therefore, I assumed it was a typo when OP writes $rank(A)=r$. It is also why in this answer, I insisted on this point in the second line, to avoid confusion.
                        – Damien
                        Dec 4 at 18:17












                        I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                        – Federico Poloni
                        Dec 4 at 18:37




                        I think OP is asking precisely an exercise about this basic point.
                        – Federico Poloni
                        Dec 4 at 18:37










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                        Yet another sufficient way of doing this. Since $rank(A) = r$, we have $rleq n$. Thinking in terms of columns of $A$ will help you see this. You picked $r$ vectors in a $n$-dimensional space. Since $rank(A)=r$, they are all linearly independent. Since you can have only $n$ independent vectors at most in a $n$-dimensional space, $rleq n$. In case $r=n$, then $B=A^{-1}$. In case $r<n$, $B$ doesn't exist.To see this, observe that determinant of RHS is $1$ ($neq 0$). Now determinant of LHS (i.e. AB) is zero as it is not a full-rank matrix. To see that, you can think of columns of $AB$ as a linear combination of columns $A$. Since you took $r$ independent vectors and constructed $n(>r)$ vectors out of it, they have to be dependent and hence $AB$ should have determinant zero.






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                          Yet another sufficient way of doing this. Since $rank(A) = r$, we have $rleq n$. Thinking in terms of columns of $A$ will help you see this. You picked $r$ vectors in a $n$-dimensional space. Since $rank(A)=r$, they are all linearly independent. Since you can have only $n$ independent vectors at most in a $n$-dimensional space, $rleq n$. In case $r=n$, then $B=A^{-1}$. In case $r<n$, $B$ doesn't exist.To see this, observe that determinant of RHS is $1$ ($neq 0$). Now determinant of LHS (i.e. AB) is zero as it is not a full-rank matrix. To see that, you can think of columns of $AB$ as a linear combination of columns $A$. Since you took $r$ independent vectors and constructed $n(>r)$ vectors out of it, they have to be dependent and hence $AB$ should have determinant zero.






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                            Yet another sufficient way of doing this. Since $rank(A) = r$, we have $rleq n$. Thinking in terms of columns of $A$ will help you see this. You picked $r$ vectors in a $n$-dimensional space. Since $rank(A)=r$, they are all linearly independent. Since you can have only $n$ independent vectors at most in a $n$-dimensional space, $rleq n$. In case $r=n$, then $B=A^{-1}$. In case $r<n$, $B$ doesn't exist.To see this, observe that determinant of RHS is $1$ ($neq 0$). Now determinant of LHS (i.e. AB) is zero as it is not a full-rank matrix. To see that, you can think of columns of $AB$ as a linear combination of columns $A$. Since you took $r$ independent vectors and constructed $n(>r)$ vectors out of it, they have to be dependent and hence $AB$ should have determinant zero.






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                            Yet another sufficient way of doing this. Since $rank(A) = r$, we have $rleq n$. Thinking in terms of columns of $A$ will help you see this. You picked $r$ vectors in a $n$-dimensional space. Since $rank(A)=r$, they are all linearly independent. Since you can have only $n$ independent vectors at most in a $n$-dimensional space, $rleq n$. In case $r=n$, then $B=A^{-1}$. In case $r<n$, $B$ doesn't exist.To see this, observe that determinant of RHS is $1$ ($neq 0$). Now determinant of LHS (i.e. AB) is zero as it is not a full-rank matrix. To see that, you can think of columns of $AB$ as a linear combination of columns $A$. Since you took $r$ independent vectors and constructed $n(>r)$ vectors out of it, they have to be dependent and hence $AB$ should have determinant zero.







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