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<p>into four blocks, it can be <a href="page.php?w=invertible_matrix">inverted blockwise</a> as follows:</p>

<p>where <b>A</b> and <b>D</b> are square blocks of arbitrary size, and <b>B</b> and <b>C</b> are <a href="page.php?w=conformable_matrix">conformable</a> with them for partitioning. Furthermore, <b>A</b> and the Schur complement of <b>A</b> in <b>P</b>:  must be invertible.</p>

<p>Equivalently, by permuting the blocks:</p>

<p>Here, <b>D</b> and the Schur complement of <b>D</b> in <b>P</b>: '''P'''/'''D''' {{= <b>A</b> - <b>BD</b>sup|-1}}<b>C</b>}}</p><p>
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