002-2.mws

> restart;

> A:=Matrix([[a,b],[c,d]]);

A := _rtable[16228196]

> B:=Matrix([[p,q],[r,s]]);

B := _rtable[16230292]

> (A.B-B.A).(A.B-B.A);

_rtable[16232436]
_rtable[16232436]
_rtable[16232436]
_rtable[16232436]

> expand(((b*r-c*q)^2+(a*q+b*s-p*b-q*d)*(c*p+d*r-r*a-s*c))-((a*q+b*s-p*b-q*d)*(c*p+d*r-r*a-s*c)+(c*q-b*r)^2));

0

> expand((b*r-c*q)*(a*q+b*s-p*b-q*d)+(a*q+b*s-p*b-q*d)*(c*q-b*r));

0

> expand((c*p+d*r-r*a-s*c)*(b*r-c*q)+(c*q-b*r)*(c*p+d*r-r*a-s*c));

0

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