"Are there many solutions of finding a product of elementary matrices?"


There are as many factorisations as there are different steps (row operations) to obtain the identity matrix.\

 

Take any matrix, row reduce to reduced echelon form. This results in a specific product of elementary matrices.

 

Now take the same matrix and reduce using different steps. This results in a different product of elementary matrices.

 

Try and make an example for yourself to test this idea.