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This document contains 21 questions about matrices. The questions cover topics such as: defining transpose, conjugate, Hermitian, and other types of matrices; factorizing matrices into LU form; finding inverses using Gauss-Jordan elimination; investigating linear dependence and independence of vectors; solving systems of equations; finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors; and reducing quadratic forms. The document provides examples of matrices and asks the reader to perform various calculations and proofs related to matrices.

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This document contains 21 questions about matrices. The questions cover topics such as: defining transpose, conjugate, Hermitian, and other types of matrices; factorizing matrices into LU form; finding inverses using Gauss-Jordan elimination; investigating linear dependence and independence of vectors; solving systems of equations; finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors; and reducing quadratic forms. The document provides examples of matrices and asks the reader to perform various calculations and proofs related to matrices.

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Assignment-I
(Topic: Matrices)
Matrices)

Q. No. Statement
1. Define the following matrices with examples:
1. Transpose of a matrix and their properties
2. Conjugate of a matrix and their properties
3. Transposed conjugate of a matrix and their properties
4. Symmetric, skew-symmetric matrices and their properties
5. Hermitian, skew-Hermitian matrices and their properties
6. Normal matrix, Orthogonal (orthonormal) matrix and Unitary matrix
2.  3 7 − 4i − 2 + 5i 

Show that  7 + 4i −2 3 + i  is a Hermitian matrix.
 − 2 − 5i 3 − i 4 

3. 5 − 2 1 
Factorize the matrix A = 7 1 − 5 into LU, where L is lower triangular matrix
3 7 4 

and U is the upper triangular matrix.


4.  0 1 + 2i 
Given that A =   , show that (1 − A )(1 + A )−1 is a unitary matrix.
− 1 + 2i 0 

5. 1 2 3
Determine the rank of the following matrices: 1 4 2 .
2 6 5

6. Use Gauss-Jordan method to find inverse of the following matrices:


 2 1 − 1 8 4 3
(i) 0 2 1  , (ii)  2 1 1 ,
 
5 2 − 3 1 2 1

7.  3 − 3 4
If A =  2 − 3 4 find A−1 . Also find two non-singular matrices P and Q such that
0 − 1 1
PAQ = I, where I is the unit matrix and verify that A −1 = QP .

8. Are the vectors x1 = (1, 3, 4, 2), x 2 = ( 3, − 5, 2, 2 ) and x 3 = (2, − 1, 3, 2) linearly

dependent? If so express one of these as a linear combination of the others.


9. Show that the system of equations AX = B is consistent, i.e., possesses a solution iff the
coefficient matrix A and the augmented matrix K = (A:B) are of the same rank.
Otherwise, the system is inconsistent.
10. Investigate the values of λ and µ so that the equations
2 x + 3y + 5z = 9 , 7 x + 3y − 2 z = 8 , 2 x + 3y + λz = µ , have
(i) no solution, (ii) a unique solution and (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
11. For what values of k the equations x + y + z = 1 , 2 x + y + 4 z = k ,

4x + y + 10z = k 2 have a solution and solve them completely in each case.

12. Show that the equations 3x + 4 y + 5z = a , 4 x + 5 y + 6 z = b , 5 x + 6 y + 7 z = c


do not have a solution unless a + c = 2b .
13. Define characteristic matrix, characteristic polynomial, characteristic equation,
characteristic roots, characteristic vector.
14. A
If λ be an eigen value of a non-singular matrix A. Show that is an eigen value of
λ
matrix adj. A.
15. 1 1 3
Find the eigen values and eigen vectors of the matrix 1 5 1 .
3 1 1

16. Show that any eigen vectors corresponding to two distinct eigen values of a unitary
matrix are orthogonal.
17. State and prove Cayley Hamilton Theorem.
18. 1 4 
Find the characteristic roots of the matrix A =   and verify Cayley-Hamilton
 2 3
theorem for this matrix. Find the inverse of the matrix A and also express

A5 − 4A 4 − 7A 3 + 11A 2 − A − 10 I as a linear polynomial in A.


19. If a square matrix A of order n has n linearly independent eigen vectors, then show that

a matrix P can be found such that P −1AP is a diagonal matrix.


20. Reduce the quadratic form x 2 − 4 y 2 + 6z 2 + 2 xy − 4 xz + 2 w 2 − 6zw into the “sum of
squares”.
21. Reduce 8x 2 + 7 y 2 + 3z 2 − 12 xy + 4 xz − 8 yz into canonical form by orthogonal
transformation.

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