I am trying to prove the following statement:
Let $GL_{n}($R$) $ denote the set of invertible $n×n$ matrices over R.
Is the inversion function $\iota:GL_{n}($R$)\rightarrow GL_{n}($R$)$ defined by $\iota(A):=A^{-1}$ continuous?
In the first place, I was trying to use an $\epsilon$-$\delta$ argument, but I could not come up with "nice norms" to work with, or a direct relationship between the entries of one matrix and the one of its inverse.
So I decided to change strategy: I previously showed that matrix multiplication function $m:GL_{n}($R$)×GL_{n}($R$)\rightarrow GL_{n}($R$)$ is continuous and I was wondering if I can somehow use this and the fact that $\iota(A)A=I_n$ in order to finish the exercise.
I also thought that I could prove the statement using the theorem stating that if the preimage under $\iota$ of every open set is open, then $\iota$ is continuous. It seems intuitive that since $\iota$ is a bijection between the same spaces as domain and codomain, then every preimage of a open set $S\subset GL_{n}($R$)$ has the "same number of elements" of $S$ and maybe imply that $\iota^{-1}(S)$ is open as well, but I don't know how to formalize it.
Are the ideas in my strategies correct? Any hint is highly appreciated.
Each component of $A^{-1}$ is a rational function in terms of the entries of $A$, where the denominator of this rational funcion is $\det A$. Since $\det A\neq 0$, each component of the map $A\mapsto A^{-1}$ is a rational function with nonzero denominator, and is therefore continuous. Therefore, the whole map is continuous.