[Math] $A$ is invertible matrix iff $Ax=0$ has the trivial solution only.

linear algebramatrices

Why does the following statemnet true?

$A$ is invertible matrix iff $Ax=0$ has only the trivial solution.

My try:
Let $x$ a solution of $Ax = 0$.
Then, because $A$ is invertible there is $A^{-1}$. Hence,
$$AA^{-1}x = 0$$ $$I_nx = 0$$ $$x=0$$

I used the associative property of matrix multiplication.

Best Answer

If $\operatorname{rank}(A)=r$ the solutions of $Ax=0$ is $n-r$ dimensional space, so if $Ax=0$ has only trivial solutions it means that $\operatorname{rank}(A)=\operatorname{size}(A)$, so $A$ is invertible.