TITLE: $A$ is invertible if and only if $A^t$ is invertible
QUESTION [11 upvotes]: I hate these "easy" proofs. They always slip under my radar.
How do I show that a square matrix $A$ is invertible if and only if $A^t$ is invertible?

REPLY [3 votes]: The answer from Arash uses $B^tA^t=(AB)^t$ to prove that if a square matrix $A$ is invertible, then $A^t$ is invertible: $(A^{-1})^tA^t=(AA^{-1})^t = I^t=I$, so $A^t$ is invertible by the invertible matrix theorem. This also shows that $(A^t)^{-1}=(A^{-1})^t$.
Here is a proof of the other direction, since the question asks for "if and only if":
Suppose $A^t$ is invertible. Then 
$$
\begin{aligned}
\left(\left( (A^t)^{-1}\right)^tA\right)^t &= A^t\left(\left( (A^t)^{-1}\right)^t\right)^t \\
&= A^t(A^t)^{-1} \\
&= I
\end{aligned}
$$
(using $(A^t)^t=A$, which we now use again). We have shown
$$\left(\left( (A^t)^{-1}\right)^tA\right)^t=I$$
so 
$$\left((A^t)^{-1}\right)^tA = \left(\left(\left( (A^t)^{-1}\right)^tA\right)^t \right)^t = I^t = I$$
so $A$ is invertible.