Determine Whether There Exists a Nonsingular Matrix Satisfying $A^4=ABA^2+2A^3$
Problem 486
Determine whether there exists a nonsingular matrix $A$ if
\[A^4=ABA^2+2A^3,\]
where $B$ is the following matrix.
\[B=\begin{bmatrix}
-1 & 1 & -1 \\
0 &-1 &0 \\
2 & 1 & -4
\end{bmatrix}.\]
If such a nonsingular matrix $A$ exists, find the inverse matrix $A^{-1}$.
(The Ohio State University, Linear Algebra Final Exam Problem)
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Solution.
Assume that $A$ is nonsingular.
Then the inverse matrix $A^{-1}$ exists and we have
\begin{align*}
A&=A^{-1}A^4A^{-2}\\
&=A^{-1}(ABA^2+2A^3)A^{-2}\\
&=A^{-1}ABA^2 A^{-2}+2A^{-1}A^3A^{-2}\\
&=B+2I,
\end{align*}
where $I$ is the $3\times 3$ identity matrix.
Thus we have
\begin{align*}
A=B+2I=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 1 & -1 \\
0 &1 &0 \\
2 & 1 & -2
\end{bmatrix}.
\end{align*}
We compute the determinant of $A$ by the second row cofactor expansion as follows.
\begin{align*}
\det(A)=\begin{vmatrix}
1 & 1 & -1 \\
0 &1 &0 \\
2 & 1 & -2
\end{vmatrix}
=\begin{vmatrix}
1 & -1\\
2& -2
\end{vmatrix}=0.
\end{align*}
This contradicts the assumption that $A$ is nonsingular.
Therefore, there is no nonsingular matrix $A$ satisfying the relation $A^4=ABA^2+2A^3$.
Final Exam Problems and Solution. (Linear Algebra Math 2568 at the Ohio State University)
This problem is one of the final exam problems of Linear Algebra course at the Ohio State University (Math 2568).
The other problems can be found from the links below.
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