Trace of a product

For conformable matrices $A$ and $B$ , is $\mathrm{tr}(AB) = \mathrm{tr}(BA)$ always true (even though $AB \ne BA$ in general)?

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Yes, always - both equal $\sum_{i,j} A_{ij}B_{ji}$

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