Q.20 Consider the following two statements with respect to the matrices Am n
, Bn m
,
Cn n
and . Dn n
Statement 1: tr(AB) = tr(BA)
Statement 2: tr(CD) = tr(DC)
where tr() represents the trace of a matrix. Which one of the following holds?
(A) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is wrong.
(B) Statement 1 is wrong and Statement 2 is correct.
(C) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct.
(D) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are wrong.