In mathematics, the Drazin inverse, named after Michael P. Drazin, is a kind of generalized inverse of a matrix. In mathematics, the Drazin inverse, named after Michael P. Drazin, is a kind of generalized inverse of a matrix. Let A be a square matrix. The index of A is the least nonnegative integer k such that rank(Ak+1) = rank(Ak). The Drazin inverse of A is the unique matrix AD which satisfies