Mathematics for Enzyme Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Performance. F. Xavier Malcata

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      after having applied the associative property as per Eq. (4.57) – whereas Eq. (4.61) accounts for simplification to

(4.141)

      one thus concludes that

(4.142)

after adding ( A⁻¹)⁻¹ to both sides, and recalling Eqs. (4.19) and (4.45). Therefore, composition of the inversion operation with itself cancels it out – in much the same way already found for transposal. A similar reasoning can be developed involving premultiplication of the second equality of Eq. (4.137) by A, viz.

      (4.143)

where the distributive property as per Eq. (4.82) and the associative property as per Eq. (4.57), coupled with Eq. (4.67) yield

      (4.144)

      the definition of inverse labeled as Eq. (4.124) may again be invoked to write

      (4.145)

      or else

      (4.146)

in view of Eq. (4.64) – which retrieves Eq. (4.141), and consequently leads also to Eq. (4.142).

      On the other hand, one finds that

(4.147)

      i.e. the inverse of a product of matrices is given by the product of their inverses, in reverse order; to prove so, one should realize that

(4.148)

can be obtained after postmultiplying AB by B⁻¹ A⁻¹, followed by application of Eq. (4.56) – where both A and B are (n × n) matrices. In view of Eq. (4.124), one may replace Eq. (4.148) by

      (4.149)

where Eqs. (4.57), (4.61), and (4.124) allow further simplification to

(4.150)

      one may similarly show that

      (4.151)

      involving premultiplication of AB by B⁻¹ A⁻¹ – again on the basis of the associative property of multiplication of matrices as per Eq. (4.56), which degenerates to

(4.152)

due again to Eq. (4.124). In view of the features of I_n as neutral element as conveyed by Eq. (4.64), one may redo Eq. (4.152) to

(4.153)

– again with the aid of Eq. (4.124); the set of Eqs. (4.150) and (4.153) guarantees full validity of Eq. (4.147), in view of the definition of inverse labeled as Eq. (4.124).

      The result conveyed by Eq. (4.147) can obviously be extended to any number of factors – by sequentially applying it pairwise, i.e. the inverse of a product of matrices is but the product of their inverses, again in reverse order. When the matrices of interest are identical, this rule leads to

      (4.154)

      where the right‐hand side may be rewritten as

      (4.155)

      owing to the definition of power; hence, the power and inverse signs are interchangeable.

      In the particular case of matrix A degenerating to scalar matrix α In, Eq.

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