Let be a set of invertible matrices with . If denotes the inverse of a matrix , is the following statement true for all
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For any pair of invertible matrices A and B which can be multiplied, the inverse of the matrix A B is ( A B ) − 1 = B − 1 A − 1 .
Now, we can proceed by induction on n for the inverse of the product of n invertible m × m matrices: ( A 1 ⋅ A 2 ⋯ A n − 1 ⋅ A n ) − 1 = ( ( A 1 ⋅ A 2 ⋯ A n − 1 ) ⋅ A n ) − 1 = A n − 1 ⋅ ( A 1 ⋅ A 2 ⋯ A n − 2 ⋅ A n − 1 ) − 1 = ⋯ = A n − 1 ⋅ A n − 1 − 1 ⋯ A 2 − 1 ⋅ A 1 − 1 .
Hence, the statement is true for all n .