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Assignment 1 (MA-102)

This document contains an assignment for a mathematics course. It includes 16 problems related to linear algebra concepts like matrix rank, echelon form, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and linear independence. The problems involve computing ranks of matrices, finding echelon forms, determining if systems of linear equations are consistent or inconsistent, computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and checking if sets of vectors are linearly independent.

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Assignment 1 (MA-102)

This document contains an assignment for a mathematics course. It includes 16 problems related to linear algebra concepts like matrix rank, echelon form, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and linear independence. The problems involve computing ranks of matrices, finding echelon forms, determining if systems of linear equations are consistent or inconsistent, computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and checking if sets of vectors are linearly independent.

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Delhi Technological University

Department of Applied Mathematics


Mathematics-II(MA-102)
Assignment-I

1. Find the rank of the matrices (using elementary operations)


     
0 −1 5 5 3 0 1 2 −1 3
(i) A = 2 4 −6 (ii) B =  1 2 −4 (iii) C = 2 4 1 −2
1 1 5 −2 −4 8 3 6 3 −7

Ans: (i) Rank=3 (ii) Rank=2 (iii) Rank=2

2. Find the echelon form of the following matrices using elementary trans-
formaions and hence find the rank.
     
1 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
(i) X = 2 3 4 (ii) Y = 1 2 3 2 (iii) Z = 3 4 5 2
3 5 7 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 0

Ans:
   
1 2 3 1 2 3 2
(i) X = 0 −1 −2 , Rank = 2 (ii) Y = 0 1 2 1 , Rank = 3
0 0 0 0 0 2 2
 
1 1 1 1
(iii) Z = 0 −1 −2 1  , Rank = 3
0 0 0 −1

3. Using the concept of rank, show that the following equations are consistent
and hence solve them.

(i) 2x + y + z = 5
x+y+z =4
x − y + 2z = 1

1
(ii) x+y+z =6
x + 2y + 3z = 14
x + 4y + 7z = 30

Ans: (i) x = 1, y = 2, z = 1 (ii)x = k − 2, y = 8 − 2k, z = k, k ∈ R


4. Show that the equations

x − 4y + 7z = 14
3x + 8y − 2z = 13
7x − 8y + 26z = 5

are inconsistent.
5. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations

x + 2y − 3z = −2
3x − y − 2z = 1
2x + 3y − 5z = k

are consistent.
Ans: k = −3.
6. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations

x+y+z =7
x + 2y + 3z = 18
y + kz = 6

are inconsistent.
Ans: k = 2.
7. Find the values of a and b for which the equations

x + ay + z = 3
x + 2y + 2z = b
x + 5y + 3z = 9

are consistent. Will these have unique solution?


Ans: (i) When a = 2, the system of linear equations are consistent and
have unique solution.
(ii) When a = −1 and b = 6, the system of linear equations are consistent
and have infinitely many solutions.
8. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
   
2 −1 0 10 −2 4
(i) A = −1 2 −1 (ii) B = −20 4 −10
0 −1 2 −30 6 −13

2
     
√ √1 √ 1
√ 1
Ans: (i) [2 − 2,  2], [2 + 2, − 2], [2,  0 ]
−1
   1   1
1 0 1
(ii) [0, 5], [−1, 2], [2,  0 ]
0 1 −2

9. If λ1 , λ2 , ........, λn are the eigenvalues of the matrix A then prove the


following
(i) AT has eigenvalues λ1 , λ2 , ........, λn .
(ii) The inverse matrix A−1 has eigenvalues λ11 , λ12 , ..... λ1n , provided λi 6=
0(i = 1, 2, ....n).
(iii) The matrix Ak has eigenvalues λk1 , λk2 , .....λkn , where k is a non-negative
integer.
10. Show that the matrix
 
0 1 0
A = −1 0 0
0 0 2
has only one real eigenvalue. Find the eigenspace corresponding to that
eigenvalue.
 
0
Ans: span of 0
1
11. The matrices
   
3 −1 0 3 0 0
A = 0 3 0  andB = 0 3 0
0 0 −5 0 0 −5
both have eigenvalues 3 and −5 with 3 being an eigenvalue with multi-
plicity 2. Compare the eigenspaces for these two matrices.
12. Solve for the diagonalization of the matrix
 
−4 −4 −8
A= 4 6 4
6 4 10

13. Show that the matrices


   
3 −1 0 0 −3 −3
A = 0 3 0  andB = −3 0 −3
0 0 −5 −3 −3 0
both have 3 as an eigenvalue of multiplicity 2. Show that A is non-
diagonalizable but B is diagonalizable.

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14. Verify Caley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix
 
2 1 1
A = 0 1 0
1 1 2

Also express A8 − 5A7 + 7A6 − 3A5 + A4 − 5A3 + 8A2 − 2A + I as quadratic


polynomial in A.
Ans: A2 + A + I
15. Find the inverse of the matrix
 
1 2 6
A = 2 5 15
6 15 46

using the Cayley-Hamilton theorem.


Ans:
 
5 −2 0
A−1 = −2 10 −3
0 −3 1

16. Using the concept of rank, check whether the following vectors are linearly
independent:

(i) {(3, 4, 5), (−3, 0, 5), (4, 4, 4), (3, 4, 0)}

(ii) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 0), (0, −1, 1)}

(iii) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 0), (0, −1, 2)}

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