Lecture9 Math 102
Lecture9 Math 102
Lecture9 Math 102
University of Alberta
Lecture 9
§6.1 Matrix Operations
Illustration
Illustration
Illustration
Illustration
Find the size of AB and the size of BA and compute AB and BA.
Solution
4 (AB)ij = →
−
ri · →
−
cj
Illustration
where x1 , x2 , ..., xn are variables and the aij ’s and the bi ’s are constants.
We can write the system as matrix multiplication as follow:
Ax = b
where
a11 a12 ... a1n x1 b1
a21 a22 ... a2n x2 b2
A= . , x = . , b = .
.. .. ..
.. . . . .. ..
am1 am2 . . . amn xn bn
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Remark
Notice that b can be written as a linear combination of the columns of A.
2x − y =4
x + 5y =2
1
−x + y = − 2
2
2
2x + 5y − 6z = − 2
7x − 5y + z =12
x + 5y − 4z =0
Solution
Solution