Tutorial 1
Tutorial 1
Tutorial-1
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1. Find the inverse of the matrix A = 3 6 1 using the adjoint method.
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2. Let A = and B = . Compute the commutator [A, B] = AB − BA and
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verify whether [A, B] is nilpotent matrix of index 2 (i.e., [A, B]2 = 0 but [A, B] ̸= 0).
3. Prove or disprove: For any two square matrices A and B, the anti-commutator {A, B} =
AB + BA is always symmetric.
6. Prove that if A(x) is an invertible matrix, the derivative of A−1 (x) is given by:
d −1 dA
(A (x)) = −A−1 (x) A−1 (x).
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7. Evaluate the line integral of a matrix-valued function A(x) = x along the
e cos(x)
path x(t) = t2 , t ∈ [0, 1].
9. Let A and B be n × n Hermitian matrices. Answer true or false (also justify your
answer):
• If AB = 0, then A = 0 or B = 0.
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11. Find the real values of x and y such that A is an orthogonal matrix. Let matrix A be
a 3x3 matrix:
x 2 3
A = 4 y 1 .
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12. If unitary matrix of order 2 such that |A| = 1, show that it must be of the form
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a −b
where aā + bb̄ = 1.
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