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Assignment-2 MTH113 2025

This document outlines Assignment 2 for the Introduction to Linear Algebra course, detailing specific problems to be discussed in a tutorial. It includes tasks related to row operations, reduced row echelon form (RREF), and properties of linear systems. The assignment emphasizes understanding matrix equivalence and rank properties through various matrix examples and proofs.

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Assignment-2 MTH113 2025

This document outlines Assignment 2 for the Introduction to Linear Algebra course, detailing specific problems to be discussed in a tutorial. It includes tasks related to row operations, reduced row echelon form (RREF), and properties of linear systems. The assignment emphasizes understanding matrix equivalence and rank properties through various matrix examples and proofs.

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Introduction to Linear Algebra (MTH 113M)

Assignment 2, Jan 21st, 2025

Only problems 2, 4, 5, 6 will be discussed in the tutorial.

1. Let A, B ∈ Mm,n (F ) be such that B is obtained from A by applying the elementary row
operation Ri + d Rj , for some i, j ∈ [1, . . . , n]. Then show that
B = Eij (d)A,
where Eij (d) is the elementary matrix obtained by applying Ri + d Rj to Im .

2. Describe explicitely all 2 × 2 matrices that are in RREF.

3. Find a matrix in RREF which is row-equivalent to


 
1 −i
A = 2 2 .
i 1+i
What are the solutions of Ax = 0?

4. Consider the linear system Ax = b where A ∈ Mm,n (F ) and b ∈ Mm,1 (F ). Show that if
the augmented matrix A e := (A | b) is row-equivalent to the matrix C e := (C | d) for some
C ∈ Mm,n (F ) and d ∈ Mm,1 (F ), then the systems Ax = b and Cx = d have the same solution
set. In particular, if A, B ∈ Mm,n (F ) are two row-equivalent matrices then, the systems Ax = 0
and Bx = 0 have the same solution set.

5. For each of the two matrices


   
2 5 −1 1 −1 2
A = 4 −1 2  andB = 3 2 4
6 4 1 0 1 −2
use elementary row operations to discover whether it is invertible, and to find the inverse in each
case.

6.
(1) Let A, B ∈ Mm,n (C). Then prove that Rank(A + B) ≤ Rank(A) + Rank(B).
(2) Let A ∈ Mm,n (C) and B ∈ Mn,q (C). Then, Rank(AB) ≤ Rank(A).
(3) Further, if B ∈ Mn (C) is invertible then Rank(AB) = Rank(A).
k
xi yi∗ , where xi ∈ Cm \ {0}, yi ∈ Cn \ {0}, for 1 ≤ i ≤ k, then
P
(4) In particular, if A =
i=1
Rank(A) ≤ k.

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