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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford / 2021 / Prelims / Mathematics I / 1 / a / ii / Solution 2026-10-25

When

A

is an invertible matrix,

B = A^{- 1} (A B)

. Apply i first to

A B

and then to

A^{- 1} (A B)

:

rowspace (A B) \subseteq rowspace (B) = rowspace (A^{- 1} A B) \subseteq rowspace (A B) .

Thus the two row spaces are equal. In particular, invertible left matrix multiplication preserves row rank.

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