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How to Multiply Matrices

December 10, 2020 by Prasanna

How to Multiply Matrices

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Multiplication of matrices

Two matrices A and B are conformable for the product AB if the number of columns in A (pre-multiplier) is same as the number of rows in B (post multiplier). Thus, if A = [aij]m×n  and B = [bij]n×p are two matrices of order m × n and n × p respectively, then their product AB is of order and is defined as
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Thus, from (i), (AB)ij = Sum of the product of elements of ith row of A with the corresponding elements of jth column of B.

Properties of matrix multiplication

If A,B and C are three matrices such that their product is defined, then

  1. AB ≠ BA, (Generally not commutative)
  2. (AB)C = A(BC), (Associative Law)
  3. IA = A = AI, where I is identity matrix for matrix multiplication.
  4. A(B + C) = AB + AC, (Distributive law)
  5. If AB = AC ⇏ B = C, (Cancellation law is not applicable)
  6. If AB = 0, it does not mean that A = 0 or B = 0, again product of two non zero matrix may be a zero matrix.

Scalar multiplication of matrices

Let A = [aij]m×n be a matrix and k be a number, then the matrix which is obtained by multiplying every element of A by k is called scalar multiplication of A by k and it is denoted by kA.
Thus, if A = [aij]m×n, then kA = Ak = [kaij]m×n.

Properties of scalar multiplication:
If A, B are matrices of the same order and λ, μ are any two scalars then

  1. λ (A + B) = λA + λB
  2. (λ + μ)A = λ + μA
  3. λ(μA) = (λμA) = μ(λA)
  4. (-λA) = -(λA) = λ(-A)

All the laws of ordinary algebra hold for the addition or subtraction of matrices and their multiplication by scalars.

Multiplication of Matrices Problems with Solutions

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Filed Under: Mathematics Tagged With: Multiplication of matrices, Multiplication of Matrices Problems with Solutions, Properties of matrix multiplication, Properties of scalar multiplication, Scalar multiplication of matrices

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