Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.3 Cofactor Expansions - True-False Review - Page 231: e

Answer

True

Work Step by Step

We have the elements of $adj(A)$ are $adj(A)_{ij}=C_{ji}$ which can be written as: $A.adj(A)_{ij}=\sum a_{ik}adj(A)_{ij}=\sum a_{ik}C_{jk} $ and we also get the formula: $\sum a_{ik}C_{jk} =δ_{ij} \det(A)$ Hence, $A.adj(A)_{ij}=δ_{ij} \det(A)$ $\rightarrow A.adj(A)_{ij}=\det (A)I_n$ The statement is true
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