# Understand the problem

Let $$A$$ be an $$n \times n$$ matrix with rank $$k$$. Consider the following statements:
1. If $$A$$ has real entries, then $$AA^t$$ necessarily has rank $k$
2. If $$A$$ has complex entries, then $$AA^t$$ necessarily has rank $$k$$.
Then
• 1 and 2 are true
• 1 and 2 are false
• 1 is true and 2 is false
• 1 is false and 2 is true
##### Source of the problem
TIFR 2019 GS Part A, Problem 7
Linear algebra
Easy

### Linear Algebra by Stephen H. Friedberg

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$$x$$ is a null vector of $$AA’$$ implies that $$x$$ is a null vector of $$A’$$ Let $$q_i$$ be the null vector of $$AA’$$ i.e $$AA’q_i=0 \Rightarrow q_i’AA’q_i=0 \Rightarrow ||A’q_i||_2=0 \Rightarrow A’q_i=0$$ [$$A’q_i \in \Bbb R^n$$ ]  $$q_i$$ is a null vector of $$A’$$

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