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Distributing a matrix



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Since matrix mutiplication is not commutative, the two ways in which you can factorize matrices makes a difference in which side the factor goes on.



In particular, if I want to distribute



$$((I - A) + A)(I - A)^-1,$$



would it become



$$(I - A)(I - A)^-1 + A(I - A)^-1 $$



OR would it be



$$(I - A)^-1(I - A) + (I - A)^-1A?$$



How do I know which side it goes on? I think the first one is correct.










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    Since matrix mutiplication is not commutative, the two ways in which you can factorize matrices makes a difference in which side the factor goes on.



    In particular, if I want to distribute



    $$((I - A) + A)(I - A)^-1,$$



    would it become



    $$(I - A)(I - A)^-1 + A(I - A)^-1 $$



    OR would it be



    $$(I - A)^-1(I - A) + (I - A)^-1A?$$



    How do I know which side it goes on? I think the first one is correct.










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      Since matrix mutiplication is not commutative, the two ways in which you can factorize matrices makes a difference in which side the factor goes on.



      In particular, if I want to distribute



      $$((I - A) + A)(I - A)^-1,$$



      would it become



      $$(I - A)(I - A)^-1 + A(I - A)^-1 $$



      OR would it be



      $$(I - A)^-1(I - A) + (I - A)^-1A?$$



      How do I know which side it goes on? I think the first one is correct.










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      Since matrix mutiplication is not commutative, the two ways in which you can factorize matrices makes a difference in which side the factor goes on.



      In particular, if I want to distribute



      $$((I - A) + A)(I - A)^-1,$$



      would it become



      $$(I - A)(I - A)^-1 + A(I - A)^-1 $$



      OR would it be



      $$(I - A)^-1(I - A) + (I - A)^-1A?$$



      How do I know which side it goes on? I think the first one is correct.







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          Your first answer is correct. There are two distributive laws for matrices,
          $$A(B+C)=AB+ACquadhboxandquad (A+B)C=AC+BC ,$$
          but not $A(B+C)=BA+CA$ or $(A+B)C=AC+CB$ or.....






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            In general, this is what we call "right distributivity" - I usually hear the context for this in the sense of ring axioms. Let's sojourn into this a bit - though if you're not familiar with abstract algebra, this won't be particularly enlightening, and you might be better off skipping to the very end.




            Let $(R,+,cdot,0,1)$ be a ring; then we call left-distributivity and define it by



            $$a cdot (b+c) = acdot b + a cdot c$$



            Similarly, right-distributivity is given by



            $$(b+c)cdot a = bcdot a + ccdot a$$



            Note: we are not guaranteed that $acdot b = bcdot a$ unless $R$ is a commutative ring.



            In the context of matrices over rings, for which I reference Wikipedia, you can define $M_n(R)$ as the $ntimes n$ matrices over a ring $R$ (i.e. its elements come from the ring, and the addition and multiplication of elements are shared). Notably, we have that $M_n(R)$ is a commutative ring if and only if $R$ is a commutative ring and $n=1$ (so basically effectively no different from working in the ring in question).




            So what does this mean? This means, in your case, you probably do not have $AB=BA$ (of course, I imagine you know this). And thus in the context of the distributivity thigns above, you would have



            $$(B+C)A = BA + CA$$



            Your example has $B = I-A$ and $C=A$. And thus, your first example is correct: if you are distributing something on the right side, and cannot ensure commutativity, you should multiply that element by everything in the brackets on the right side.






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              Your first answer is correct. There are two distributive laws for matrices,
              $$A(B+C)=AB+ACquadhboxandquad (A+B)C=AC+BC ,$$
              but not $A(B+C)=BA+CA$ or $(A+B)C=AC+CB$ or.....






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                $begingroup$

                Your first answer is correct. There are two distributive laws for matrices,
                $$A(B+C)=AB+ACquadhboxandquad (A+B)C=AC+BC ,$$
                but not $A(B+C)=BA+CA$ or $(A+B)C=AC+CB$ or.....






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                  $begingroup$

                  Your first answer is correct. There are two distributive laws for matrices,
                  $$A(B+C)=AB+ACquadhboxandquad (A+B)C=AC+BC ,$$
                  but not $A(B+C)=BA+CA$ or $(A+B)C=AC+CB$ or.....






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                  Your first answer is correct. There are two distributive laws for matrices,
                  $$A(B+C)=AB+ACquadhboxandquad (A+B)C=AC+BC ,$$
                  but not $A(B+C)=BA+CA$ or $(A+B)C=AC+CB$ or.....







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                      $begingroup$

                      In general, this is what we call "right distributivity" - I usually hear the context for this in the sense of ring axioms. Let's sojourn into this a bit - though if you're not familiar with abstract algebra, this won't be particularly enlightening, and you might be better off skipping to the very end.




                      Let $(R,+,cdot,0,1)$ be a ring; then we call left-distributivity and define it by



                      $$a cdot (b+c) = acdot b + a cdot c$$



                      Similarly, right-distributivity is given by



                      $$(b+c)cdot a = bcdot a + ccdot a$$



                      Note: we are not guaranteed that $acdot b = bcdot a$ unless $R$ is a commutative ring.



                      In the context of matrices over rings, for which I reference Wikipedia, you can define $M_n(R)$ as the $ntimes n$ matrices over a ring $R$ (i.e. its elements come from the ring, and the addition and multiplication of elements are shared). Notably, we have that $M_n(R)$ is a commutative ring if and only if $R$ is a commutative ring and $n=1$ (so basically effectively no different from working in the ring in question).




                      So what does this mean? This means, in your case, you probably do not have $AB=BA$ (of course, I imagine you know this). And thus in the context of the distributivity thigns above, you would have



                      $$(B+C)A = BA + CA$$



                      Your example has $B = I-A$ and $C=A$. And thus, your first example is correct: if you are distributing something on the right side, and cannot ensure commutativity, you should multiply that element by everything in the brackets on the right side.






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                        $begingroup$

                        In general, this is what we call "right distributivity" - I usually hear the context for this in the sense of ring axioms. Let's sojourn into this a bit - though if you're not familiar with abstract algebra, this won't be particularly enlightening, and you might be better off skipping to the very end.




                        Let $(R,+,cdot,0,1)$ be a ring; then we call left-distributivity and define it by



                        $$a cdot (b+c) = acdot b + a cdot c$$



                        Similarly, right-distributivity is given by



                        $$(b+c)cdot a = bcdot a + ccdot a$$



                        Note: we are not guaranteed that $acdot b = bcdot a$ unless $R$ is a commutative ring.



                        In the context of matrices over rings, for which I reference Wikipedia, you can define $M_n(R)$ as the $ntimes n$ matrices over a ring $R$ (i.e. its elements come from the ring, and the addition and multiplication of elements are shared). Notably, we have that $M_n(R)$ is a commutative ring if and only if $R$ is a commutative ring and $n=1$ (so basically effectively no different from working in the ring in question).




                        So what does this mean? This means, in your case, you probably do not have $AB=BA$ (of course, I imagine you know this). And thus in the context of the distributivity thigns above, you would have



                        $$(B+C)A = BA + CA$$



                        Your example has $B = I-A$ and $C=A$. And thus, your first example is correct: if you are distributing something on the right side, and cannot ensure commutativity, you should multiply that element by everything in the brackets on the right side.






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                          $begingroup$

                          In general, this is what we call "right distributivity" - I usually hear the context for this in the sense of ring axioms. Let's sojourn into this a bit - though if you're not familiar with abstract algebra, this won't be particularly enlightening, and you might be better off skipping to the very end.




                          Let $(R,+,cdot,0,1)$ be a ring; then we call left-distributivity and define it by



                          $$a cdot (b+c) = acdot b + a cdot c$$



                          Similarly, right-distributivity is given by



                          $$(b+c)cdot a = bcdot a + ccdot a$$



                          Note: we are not guaranteed that $acdot b = bcdot a$ unless $R$ is a commutative ring.



                          In the context of matrices over rings, for which I reference Wikipedia, you can define $M_n(R)$ as the $ntimes n$ matrices over a ring $R$ (i.e. its elements come from the ring, and the addition and multiplication of elements are shared). Notably, we have that $M_n(R)$ is a commutative ring if and only if $R$ is a commutative ring and $n=1$ (so basically effectively no different from working in the ring in question).




                          So what does this mean? This means, in your case, you probably do not have $AB=BA$ (of course, I imagine you know this). And thus in the context of the distributivity thigns above, you would have



                          $$(B+C)A = BA + CA$$



                          Your example has $B = I-A$ and $C=A$. And thus, your first example is correct: if you are distributing something on the right side, and cannot ensure commutativity, you should multiply that element by everything in the brackets on the right side.






                          share|cite|improve this answer









                          $endgroup$



                          In general, this is what we call "right distributivity" - I usually hear the context for this in the sense of ring axioms. Let's sojourn into this a bit - though if you're not familiar with abstract algebra, this won't be particularly enlightening, and you might be better off skipping to the very end.




                          Let $(R,+,cdot,0,1)$ be a ring; then we call left-distributivity and define it by



                          $$a cdot (b+c) = acdot b + a cdot c$$



                          Similarly, right-distributivity is given by



                          $$(b+c)cdot a = bcdot a + ccdot a$$



                          Note: we are not guaranteed that $acdot b = bcdot a$ unless $R$ is a commutative ring.



                          In the context of matrices over rings, for which I reference Wikipedia, you can define $M_n(R)$ as the $ntimes n$ matrices over a ring $R$ (i.e. its elements come from the ring, and the addition and multiplication of elements are shared). Notably, we have that $M_n(R)$ is a commutative ring if and only if $R$ is a commutative ring and $n=1$ (so basically effectively no different from working in the ring in question).




                          So what does this mean? This means, in your case, you probably do not have $AB=BA$ (of course, I imagine you know this). And thus in the context of the distributivity thigns above, you would have



                          $$(B+C)A = BA + CA$$



                          Your example has $B = I-A$ and $C=A$. And thus, your first example is correct: if you are distributing something on the right side, and cannot ensure commutativity, you should multiply that element by everything in the brackets on the right side.







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