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Fall 2011 HW2

This document contains instructions for homework assignment 2 involving matrix operations and inverses. It includes 6 problems: 1) finding the inverse of a 3x3 matrix and using it to solve a system of equations; 2) same as 1 but with a 4x4 matrix; 3) same as 1 and 2 but with a different 4x4 matrix; 4) finding a matrix X such that it satisfies a matrix multiplication; 5) relating row operations on a matrix to elementary matrices; and 6) finding a polynomial that when applied to a given matrix equals its inverse.

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Fall 2011 HW2

This document contains instructions for homework assignment 2 involving matrix operations and inverses. It includes 6 problems: 1) finding the inverse of a 3x3 matrix and using it to solve a system of equations; 2) same as 1 but with a 4x4 matrix; 3) same as 1 and 2 but with a different 4x4 matrix; 4) finding a matrix X such that it satisfies a matrix multiplication; 5) relating row operations on a matrix to elementary matrices; and 6) finding a polynomial that when applied to a given matrix equals its inverse.

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Fall2011HW2

Username: rich-circled
Total: 60 possible marks
Posted: 2011-09-06 22:10
Due: 2011-09-14 23:59
1. (10 marks) For
A =
_
_
0 3 1
1 3 3
1 1 4
_
_
solve
A
_
_
x
y
z
_
_
=
_
_
2
3
2
_
_
by nding A
1
and then computing
_
_
x
y
z
_
_
= A
1
_
_
2
3
2
_
_
a) A
1
=
b)
_
_
x
y
z
_
_
= A
1
_
_
2
3
2
_
_
=
A
1
=
_
_
x
y
z
_
_
=
2. (10 marks) Let A be the matrix
1
A =
_
_
_
_
2 6 2 2
1 12 6 10
2 3 6 4
1 6 6 6
_
_
_
_
(1) Find A
1
.
(2) Use A
1
to solve Ax =
_
_
_
_
a
b
c
d
_
_
_
_
where x = (x
1
, x
2
, x
3
, x
4
) written as column matrix.
A
1
=
x
1
=
x
3
=
3. (10 marks) For the matrix
A =
_

_
3 2 4 1
2 1 3 1
3 1 6 2
1 1 3 1
_

_
(a) Find A
1
.
(b) Solve Ax = y where y =
_
a
b
c
d
_
is an arbitrary element of R
4
. (Take x = (x
1
, x
2
, x
3
, x
4
).)
A
1
=
x
1
=
x
2
=
x
3
=
x
4
=
4. (10 marks) Find X such that XP = Q where
P =
_
_
8 7 3
4 2 1
4 2 2
_
_
and Q =
_
12 12 4
8 4 4
_
2
X =
5. (10 marks) Consider the following 3 row operations performed to a 4 3 matrix A used to
transform it into a matrix B: 4R
1
+ R
3
R
3
, R
2
R
1
,
1
2
R
2
R
2
. The transformation
can be accomplished by applying elementary matrices to A. Let E
1
be the elementary matrix
corresponding to 4R
1
+ R
3
R
3
, let E
2
correspond to R
2
R
1
, and E
3
correspond to
1
2
R
2
R
2
. Then B = PA where P = E
3
E
2
E
1
.
(a) Write down each E
i
.
(b) Write down P.
(c) Write down each E
1
i
by considering the inverse row operation.
(e) Write down P
1
= (E
3
E
2
E
1
)
1
= E
1
1
E
1
2
E
1
3
.
(c) Compute P
1
as (E
3
E
2
E
1
)
1
= E
1
1
E
1
2
E
1
3
.
E
1
=
E
2
=
E
3
=
P =
E
1
1
E
1
2
E
1
3
P
1
=
6. (10 marks) For for p(x) = x
4
x
3
+ x
2
2x + 1 and
A =
_
_
_
_
1 0 0 2
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 2
2 2 1 2
_
_
_
_
you can check that p(A) = 0 using this nd a polynomial q(x) so that q(A) = A
1
. The point is
A
4
A
3
+ A
2
2A = A
_
A
3
+ A
2
A + 2I
_
= I
3
a) What is q(x)?
b) Compute q(A) = A
1
. (Recall you must replace any coefcients c with cI.
q(x) =
q(A) = A
1
=
4

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