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A Square Real Matrix Is Invertible if and only if Its Determinant Is Nonzero

A square real matrix is invertible exactly when its determinant is nonzero, and then the determinant of the inverse is the reciprocal of the determinant.

Statement

In the setting of Routine Facts Used Without Citation: Arithmetic, Maps, Predicativity and Indices, let n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} and let A∈Mn(R)A\in\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R}) be a square real matrix, with the determinant det⁡\det, invertible matrices and their inverses A−1A^{-1}, and reciprocals and quotients as in Commutative Rings, Fields and Ordered Fields: Standard Notation §fields.

AA is invertible if and only if det⁡A≠0\det A\neq0.

If AA is invertible, then det⁡(A−1)=1/det⁡A\det(A^{-1})=1/\det A, where det⁡A≠0\det A\neq0 by clause invertible.

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