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Linear Algebra, Theory And Applications, 2012a

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Row Operations<br />

4.1 Elementary Matrices<br />

The elementary matrices result from doing a row operation to the identity matrix.<br />

Definition 4.1.1 The row operations consist of the following<br />

1. Switch two rows.<br />

2. Multiply a row by a nonzero number.<br />

3. Replace a row by a multiple of another row added to it.<br />

The elementary matrices are given in the following definition.<br />

Definition 4.1.2 The elementary matrices consist of those matrices which result by applying<br />

a row operation to an identity matrix. Those which involve switching rows of the identity<br />

are called permutation matrices. More generally, if (i 1 ,i 2 , ··· ,i n ) is a permutation, a matrix<br />

which has a 1 in the i k position in row k and zero in every other position of that row is<br />

called a permutation matrix. Thus each permutation corresponds to a unique permutation<br />

matrix.<br />

As an example of why these elementary matrices are interesting, consider the following.<br />

⎛<br />

⎝ 0 1 0 ⎞ ⎛<br />

1 0 0 ⎠ ⎝ a b c d ⎞ ⎛<br />

x y z w ⎠ = ⎝ x y z w ⎞<br />

a b c d ⎠<br />

0 0 1 f g h i f g h i<br />

A3× 4 matrix was multiplied on the left by an elementary matrix which was obtained from<br />

row operation 1 applied to the identity matrix. This resulted in applying the operation 1<br />

to the given matrix. This is what happens in general.<br />

Now consider what these elementary matrices look like. First consider the one which<br />

involves switching row i and row j where i

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