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VTRMC 2004 Problem 1

    Let II denote the 2×22\times2 identity matrix (1001)\begin{pmatrix}1&00&1\end{pmatrix} and let M=(IABC),N=(IBAC)M=\begin{pmatrix}I&AB&C\end{pmatrix},\enspace N=\begin{pmatrix}I&BA&C\end{pmatrix} where A,B,CA,B,C are arbitrary 2×22\times2 matrices which entries in R\mathbb R , the real numbers. Thus MM and NN are 4×44\times4 matrices with entries in R\mathbb R . Is it true that MM is invertible (i.e. there is a 4×44\times4 matrix XX such that MX=XM=IMX=XM=I ) implies NN is invertible? Justify your answer.

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