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Matrix inversion is not additive ((A+B)−1=A−1+B−1)

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For A=B=I of any positive size, A+B=2I is invertible but (A+B)−1=I/2, whereas A−1+B−1=2I. Thus even invertibility of all three matrices does not make inversion additive.

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