If A is a general idempotent matrix, calculate the possible values of det (A)
I caculated the det = o what other values can it equal?
If A is a general idempotent matrix, calculate the possible values of det (A)
I caculated the det = o what other values can it equal?
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An Idempotent matrix is one for which $A^{2}=A$, hence $\text{det}A^{2}=\text{det}A$. whence, \begin{eqnarray} \text{det}A^{2}-\text{det}A &=& 0 \\ \implies\text{det}A(\text{det}A-1) &=& 0 \end{eqnarray} From which it is readily obvious. Note, one of those conditions implies the existence of an inverse...