The fact that Q-1AQ=A
satisfies means that AQ=QA. A could therefore be the identity matrix In. (The matrix I is called an identity
matrix because IA = A and AI = A for all matrices A.)
Another
possibility is that A is the inverse of Q. This is based on the definition of
“inverse of a matrix”:
Definition of The Inverse of a Matrix
Let A be a square matrix of order n x n. If there exists a matrix
B such that
A B = I n = B A
Then B is called the inverse matrix of A. (and of course matrix A is the
inverse matrix of B).
There may be some
other types of n x n matrices A that satisfy Q-1AQ=A, but these are
two possibilities that we were able to come up with immediately.