Inverse Matrix using RREF
We can use the three elementary row operations to find the row equivalent of Reduced Row Echelon Form (RREF) of the matrix input. In this page you will learn that using the same technique, you can obtain matrix inverse . This technique is called Gauss-Jordan method.
Gauss Jordan method is based on the following theorem:
A square matrix is invertible if and only if it is row equivalent to the
identity matrix
.
The method to find inverse using Gauss Jordan method is as follow:
1. We
concatenate
the input matrix with identity matrix.
2. Perform the
row elementary row operations
to reach
RREF
.
3. If the left part of the matrix RREF is equal to an identity matrix, then the left part is the inverse matrix
4. If the left part of the matrix RREF is not equal to an identity matrix, then we conclude the input matrix is singular. It has no inverse.
To give you example on how to compute step by step Gauss Jordan methhod, I make a matrix calculator below.
The interactive calculator below can give you as many examples as you wish to compute matrix inverse using Gauss Jordan method systematically.
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The program shows you step by step of the three row elementary operations to reach the Reduced Row Echelon Form of the matrix input.
How to use?
Simply click Random Example button to create new random input matrix, then click Matrix Inverse using Gauss Jordan button to get the whole sequence of elementary row operations from the input matrix up to the RREF and matrix inverse. The results can be in either rational or decimal format. The rational output is an approximation of the decimal format.
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See also
:
Matrix RREF
,
Elementary row operations
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