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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Department of Mathematics

This document contains a mathematics tutorial sheet with 12 problems covering topics in linear algebra including determinants, eigenvalues/eigenvectors, linear transformations, and properties of similar matrices. The problems involve computing determinants, characterstic polynomials, eigenspaces, and powers of matrices based on their eigenvalues.

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Department of Mathematics

This document contains a mathematics tutorial sheet with 12 problems covering topics in linear algebra including determinants, eigenvalues/eigenvectors, linear transformations, and properties of similar matrices. The problems involve computing determinants, characterstic polynomials, eigenspaces, and powers of matrices based on their eigenvalues.

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Department of Mathematics

Mathematics-I

MA 101 
Tutorial Sheet-4

Date:
Time:

Aug

31-2015
08:00  09:00

Linear Algebra

Topics Covered:

Linear transformations, determinants, Cramer's rule, eigenvalues-eigenvectors, similarity of matrices, diagonalization.


1. If a matrix A is idempotent, i.e. if A2 = A, then nd all possible values of det(A).
2. If a matrix A is nilpotent, i.e. if An = 0 for some n N, then nd all possible values of det(A).
3. For an n n matrix A, show that

det(adj(A)) = det(A)n1 .

P
4. Let A be a square matrix such that A can be partitioned as A =
R
matrices. Then is the following statement true:


| Q
, where P, Q, R and S are square
| S

det(A) = det(P ) det(S) det(Q) det(R).


Justify your argument.
5. Prove that the range of a linear transformation T : Rn Rm is equal the column space of its standard matrix
[T ].


a b
6. Let A =
. Then show that the eigenvalues of A are the solutions of the equation 2 tr(A) + det A = 0,
c d
where tr(A) is the sum of the entries on the main diagonal of A.
Express the trace and determinant of A in terms of eigenvalues of A. Can you generalize this for an n n
matrix?
7. For each of the following matrix, compute the characteristc polynomial, eigenvalues, basis for the eigenspaces
corresponding to each eigenvalue, algebraic
multiplicity.
and geometric

3 1 0 0
1 0 3
1 1 1
1 1 0 0

(c) 2 2 2
(a) 0 2 0
(b)
0 0 1 4
3 0 1
1 1 1
0 0 1 1
8. Let A, B be square matrices. Then prove or disprove (using counter example) the following statements:
(a) If is an eigenvalue of A and is an eigenvalue of B , then + is an eigenvalue of A + B .
(b) If is an eigenvalue of A and is an eigenvalue of B , then is an eigenvalue of AB .
(c) If v Rn is such that Av = v and Bv = v , then + is an eigenvalue of A + B and is an eigenvalue
of AB .
9. If A B then show that AT B T .
10. In the following, check whether the matrices A and B are similar. If yes, nd the matrix P such that B =
P 1 AP .




4 1
1 0
(a) A =
and B =
3 1
0 1




2 1
1 2
(b) A =
and B =
1 2
2 1

1 0 1
(c) A = 3 0 3 and B is a diagonal matrix.
1 0 1
11. If A, B are similar matrices, then show that the geometric multiplicities of the eigenvalues of A and B are same.
12. If A is an n n diagonalizable matrix whose eigenvalues are 0 & 1, then for each k N, compute Ak .

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