11/21/2007, 08:39 PM
Gottfried Wrote:You need only factor out B or B^-1 in one of the expressions.
Say C = B^-1 for brevity
Code:.
(I + B)^-1 + (I + C)^-1
= (I + B)^-1 + (CB + C)^-1
= (I + B)^-1 + (C(B + I))^-1
= (I + B)^-1 + (B + I)^-1*C^-1
= (I + B)^-1 + (B + I)^-1*B
= (I + B)^-1 *(I + B)
= I
This completes the proof in my view. Good job.
Andrew Robbins

