a Show that the set of matrices of the form where a, b e R, is a field -b a under the operations of matrix addition and multiplication.

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13. Show that the set of matrices of the form
where a, b e R, is a field
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under the operations of matrix addition and multiplication.
Transcribed Image Text:a 13. Show that the set of matrices of the form where a, b e R, is a field a - under the operations of matrix addition and multiplication.
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A field is a set with two operations called addition and multiplication (F, +, x), which satisfied following conditions:

  1. Axioms of addition. 
  2. Axioms of multiplication. 
  3. Distributive properties. 

Note:

Since square matrices always follows distributive law so we need to check first two properties. 

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