Solving Square matrix equations

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A is a Square matrix, and we have the following function t(A)=Σ(i=1 to n)a(ii) it equals to the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix.

  1. Prove that for every matrix A,B from the same order, t(AB)=t(BA)
  2. Prove that there isn't any matrix A,B from order NxN so that AB-BA = In

I was trying to prove the first and got stuck in the beginning. that was my attemp:

t(AB) = Σ(i=1 to n) Σ(j=1 to n) aij * bji

and I didn't know how to continue from here, or even if that was the right starting point.

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Good start. Do the same for $t(BA)$, and then interchange the names $i$ and $j$.