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The product of any matrix by the scalar is the null matrix.


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Multiply scalar ' 0 ' with an n×n matrix A Scalar multiplication of a matrix is obtained by multiplying each element of the matrix by that scalar.
Let A be an n×n matrix

Then, 0A=00.⎢ ⎢a11a12a1nan1an2ann⎥ ⎥

=⎢ ⎢000000⎥ ⎥

=0

Hence, the product of any matrix by the scalar 0 is the null matrix.

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