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1) No matter how the pseudoinverse is constructed, it is always the same? No matter if i use QR or SVD

2) Is the left inverse and the right inverse the same in Moore-Penrose pseudoinverses?

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    There are in general many left-, right- and pseudoinverses, Moore-Penrose is just a particular construction with en extra nice property. – A.Γ. Jul 16 '15 at 12:16
  • Yes, thats how i understood the generalized pseudoinverse. Thats why my question aims not for the general answer, but for the moore-penrose answer only... – helt Jul 16 '15 at 12:21
  • What forms does the Moore-Penrose inverse take under systems with full rank, full column rank, and full row rank? http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1537880/moore-penrose-inverse-solves-the-least-square-solution#1537880 – dantopa Mar 23 '17 at 22:28

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  1. As M.-P. pseudoinverse is defined, it is unique for real/complex matrices, i.e. does not depend on the way you calculate it.
  2. If a matrix is not square, it may be invertible at most from one side, i. e. a left and a right inverses cannot exist for a non-square matrix simultaneously. If the matrix is square and has a left and a right inverse, then they are equal $$ A^{-L}=A^{-L}(AA^{-R})=(A^{-L}A)A^{-R}=A^{-R}. $$ Moreover, the one side invertible square matrix must be necessarily invertible. For example, for left invertible we have $$ n=\text{rank}\, I=\text{rank}\,A^{-L}A\le\text{rank}\, A\le n\quad\Rightarrow\quad\text{rank}\,A=n $$ and the left inverse, the right inverse, the M.-P. pseudoinverse and the normal inverse are the same.
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