Course: B.

Tech Credits: 4
Year/Sem: I/I Academic Year: 2024-2025
Subject: LA & ODE Subject Code:24MT101
Branch: CSE Regulation: R22

Module Bank-1

1. (a) Under what condition a system of linear equations is consistent, or inconsistent?

(b) Suppose α, β, γ ∈ R. Consider the following system of linear equations.
x+y+z =α
x + βy + z = γ
x + y + αz = β
If this system has at least one solution, then find the value of α, β and γ.
(c) Find the value of k if the following system of equations is inconsistant:
x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 4
x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 = 5
x1 + 3x2 + 5x3 + kx4 = 5
2. (a) If A, B, C are respectively, 2×3, 3×4, 4×1 matrices, give the types of the matrices
A(BC), (AB)C.
 
1 3 4
(b) Find the condition of α such that the matrix B =  3 α 6 has an inverse.
−1 5 1
−1
Also, find B for α = 1.
(c) Under what value of k the rank of the following matrix is 4? Check it by reducing
it
 to the normalform:
1 −1 2 −3
4 1 0 2 
0 k 0 4 .
 
0 1 0 2
3. (a) Solve the matrices
 P
 and Q from the
 equations

1 1 −1 −2
3P − 2Q = , −4P + 2Q =
−2 3 −3 −4
(b) Find a matrix P which transform the matrix  A to a diagonal
 matrix . Hence
1 1 1
calculate the power matrix A8 of A, where A =  0 2 1.
−4 4 3

1
  √1 √1 −1 
√
3 6 2
 
−2
1 
(c) For what value of α the matrix  √
 3
√
6
0
 is orthogonal.
 
√1 α √1
3 2

4. (a) What do you mean by trace of a matrix? Find the relation of trace with eigenvalues.
   
α 1 1 x1
(b) Let M = 1 β 1 , αβγ = 1, α, β, γ ∈ R and x = x2  in R3 . Then find the
  
1 1 γ x3
trace of M if M x = 0 has infinitely many solutions.
(c) Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix wtih det A = 1 and trace (A) = 3. Then find trace
(A2 ).
5. (a) Find the conditions under which a square matrix is diagonalizable.
 
1 a b
(b) Let M = 0 2 c , a, b, c ∈ R. If M is diagonalizable, find the relation among
0 0 1
a, b and c.
 
1 −1 1
(c) For what vlaue of α, M =  2 1 4  is diagonalizable.
−2 α −4
6. (a) Let p and q be the roots of the equation αx2 + βx + γ together with
Sn = pn + q n for n ≥ 1. Then find the value of
 
3 1 + S1 1 + S2
A = 1 + S1 1 + S2 1 + S3  .
1 + S2 1 + S3 1 + S4

b2 + c 2 ab ca
2 2
(b) Express ab c +a bc as the square of a determinant and find its value.
ca bc a 2 + b2
(c) Find the value of θ lying between 0 and π/2 which satisfy the equation

1 + cos2 θ sin2 θ 4sin4θ

2 2
cos θ 1 + sin θ 4sin4θ = 0.
cos2 θ sin2 θ 1 + 4sin4θ
 
Ir 0
7. (a) For which non-singular matrices P and Q, P AQ will be in the normal form ,
0 0
 
3 2 −1 5
where A = 5 1 4 −2 .
1 −4 11 −19
(b) Using the Gauss Elimination method find a, b and c if the remainders are 21, 61,
and 9 when ax2 + bx + c is divided by x + 3, x − 5 and x − 1 respectively.
 
0 2β γ
(c) Determine the values of α, β, γ when A = α β −γ  is orthogonal.
α −β γ

2
  
2 4 2
8. (a) Under what condition the rank of the matrix 3 1 2  is 3? Is is possible for the
1 0 x
rank to be 1? Why?
 
1 α α2 α3 α4
0 α α2 α3 α4 
2πi/5
 2 3

4
(b) Let α = e and the matrix M =  0 0 α α3 α4 . Then, find the trace of
0 0 0 α α 
0 0 0 0 α4
the matrix I + M + M 2 .
   
cos α sin α n cos nα sin nα
(c) If An = then (An ) = , where n is any positive
−sin α cos α −sin nα cos nα
integer. Also prove that Aα and Aβ commute and that Aα Aβ = Aα+β .
9. (a) If A1 , B1 , C1 , ... are respectively the co-factors of the elements a1 , b1 , c1 , ... of
a1 b 1 c 1
B C2
the determinant A = a2 b2 c2 , then find 2 .
B3 C3
a3 b 3 c 3
(b) Solve the system λx + y + z = 0; x + λy + z = 0; x + y + λz = 0 if the system has
non-zero solution only.
 
0 1
(c) If , find out the values of α, β s.t. (αI + βA)2 = A2 .
−1 0
10. (a) Show by an example that if AB ̸= BA then (A + B)2 = A2 + 2AB + B 2 need not
be true; where A, B are square matrices of same order.
1 0 0 0 0 2
 
0 1 0 0 2 0 
0 0 1 2 0 0 
 
(b) Determine the determinent of the matrix  .
0 0 2 1 0 0 
0 2 0 0 1 0 
2 0 0 0 0 1
(c) Find the elements
 a34 , a22 , a43 of the matrix
0 1 0  
2 −1  
2 0 2 
 0 1 −1 2 −2
A= −3 2  .
0 3 0 3 −3 4 −4 0
4 3
4 0 4

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