If AB is idempotent with A an m×n matrix and B an n×m matrix, is BA idempotent?

  • Thread starter Thread starter tghg
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Linear
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
1 reply · 4K views
tghg
Messages
12
Reaction score
0
A difficult problem about linear algebra.Help!

Suppose that A is a m*n matrix,B is a n*m matrix,and AB is a idempotent matrix.
Please verify that BA is also a idempotent matrix.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Do you know what an idempotent matrix is? Where are you getting stuck?