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(x) Inverse: A-1 = (adj a)/|a| {|a|0} (x)(AB)-1 =A-1B-1 (X)If A is non-singular, then (A)-1= (A-1) (x) Let A be a non singular square matrix of order n.then |adj A|=|a|n-1 (x)(Adj AB)= (adj A) (adj B) (x) adj (A) = (adj A) (x) If A is non-singular matrix, then adj (adjA) =|A|n-2 A (x) If A is non-singular matrix &symmetric then A-1 is also symmetric. (x) If A is a non-singular matrix then (i)|A-1|=|A|-1=1/|A| (X) Square matrix has equal rows&coloumns. (x) Idempotent matrix: A2=A (x) Trace of matrix is in which sum of all diagonal entries whose order is nxn. (x) Transpose of matrix: matrix A has i columns &j rows then the matrix B is called transpose of A have i rows coloumns.

(x) Symmetric&skew-symmetric matrix:a matrix A, (I)A-1=A =>Symmetric. (ii)A-1=-A =>skew-symmetric. (x)A+A is symmetric matrix (x)A-A is skew symmetric (x)AA, AA, A2 are symmetric matrix. (x) The trace matrix of skew symmetric matrix is null of order 1. (x) Every square matrix can expressed as a sum of symmetric &skew symmetric matrix. (x) For a conjugate matrix (i)(A)=A (ii)(A+B)=A+ (iii)(
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A if k is any scalar.

(iv)(AB) A (x)Determinants|A|. (x) ad joint of A i.e.) adj A=transpose of matrix obtained from A by replacing each entry with its corresponding co-factor (x)A (adjA) = (adj A) A=|A|.I where I is the identity matrix of order same that of A. (x) A square matrix A is non-singular if |A|0 and is singular if |a|=0 (x) A square matrix is said to be invertible if a square matrix such that AB=BA=I where B=A-1 or A=B-1. (x) Characteristic of matrix: Let A be matrix be a square matrix. The matrix A-i=0 is called the characteristics of a matrix of A and |A-I|=0.

(x) orthogonal matrix: a square matrix A is said to be orthogonal matrix if AA=AA=I (identity matrix) then A-1=A. (x) Symmetric determinant:

=abc+2fgh-af2-bg2-ch2 (x)Skew symmetric determinant: all diagonal entries are zero and the elements located at equal distance from the main diagonal are equal &opposite in sign. E.g.: