Derivation of the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator

This step moves to the right hand side. Step 5. Finally, is found by premultiplying both sides by . Division by matrices is not defined, but multiplying by the inverse is a similar operation. Recall, , where I is the identity matrix. Multiplying any matrix, A, by I results in A, similar to multiplying by one in linear algebra… ................
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