Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Matrix Algebra - Supplementary Exercises - Page 162: 12

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Work Step by Step

$A=L U-$ given Then, first column of $A$ is matrix $L$ multiplied with first column of $U$. In other words, $i$ -th element in first column of $A$ is $i$ -th row of $L$ multiplied with first column of $U$. First column of $U$ has all zeros except (possibly) first entry, so only first element of each row of $L$ "survives" the multiplication with first column of $U$ In conclusion, first column of $A$ is first column of $L$ multiplied with first entry in first column of $U$. Similarly, second column of $U$ has only first two nonzero entries, so second column of $A$ is a linear combination of first and second columns of $L$.
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