For every invertible matrix ,
The maps and are linear. Differentiate this identity at and use the chain rule and part (a):
Thus . Given an arbitrary increment , set to obtain the derivative of matrix inversion
This also proves differentiability at every .
For a differentiable family of invertible linear operators, differentiate the identity without changing the factor order:
Multiplication on the right by gives the derivative of matrix inversion,
Commuting past the derivative would generally be invalid.