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This document is an assignment for MATH 2418: Linear Algebra, due on February 18, 2025. It includes recommended problems, a linear system of equations to solve, LU and LDU decompositions, true or false questions regarding matrix properties, and finding inverses of given matrices. Additionally, it asks for conditions under which a specified matrix is not invertible.

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Homework 4

This document is an assignment for MATH 2418: Linear Algebra, due on February 18, 2025. It includes recommended problems, a linear system of equations to solve, LU and LDU decompositions, true or false questions regarding matrix properties, and finding inverses of given matrices. Additionally, it asks for conditions under which a specified matrix is not invertible.

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MATH 2418: Linear Algebra

Assignment# 4

Due: Tuesday, 02/18/2025, 11:59pm Term: Spring 2025

[First Name] [Last Name] [Net ID]

Recommended Problems (do not turn in): Sec 2.2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24.
Sec 2.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18.

1. Consider the linear system of equations:




 2x − z = −18
4x + 2y + z = 18

z + 4x − 4y = −18

(a) Write down its augmented matrix.


(b) Reduce the coefficient matrix to upper triangular form.
(c) Find the solution of the triangular system and check that this is also a solution of the original system.

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2. Consider the system (AB)x = b with
       
1 0 0 2 0 −1 x1 −18
A = 2 1 0 , B = 0 2 3 , x = x2  , b =  18  .
2 −2 1 0 0 9 x3 −18
 
y1
(a) Denote y = y2 . Solve the system Ay = b by forward substitution.
y3
(b) For y obtained on the previous step, solve the system Bx = y by backward substitution.
(c) Compute the product AB and check that x solves the original system.

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 
−4 3 0
3. a) Find LU decomposition of the matrix A =  8 0 −2
−4 −15 7
 
1 2 3
b) Find LU decomposition of the matrix B = 4 5 6
7 8 9
 
2 −1 2
c) Find LDU decomposition of the matrix B =  2 2 −1
−1 2 2

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4. True or False? (you need to provide justification or counterexample)
a) If A is 2 × 2 matrix such that A2 = 0 then some elements of A are zero.
b) If B is 2 × 2 matrix such that B 2 = I then B = ±I.
c) If A, B and C are 2 × 2 matrices such that AB = AC then B = C.

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5. Find the inverses of the following matrices:
 
1 2
a) A =
3 4
 √ 
1/2 0 3/2
b) B =  √0 1 0 
− 3/2 0 1/2
 
0 1 0
c) C =  0 0 1
−1 0 0

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6. For which values of parameter a the following matrix is not invertible?

a2
 
1 a
1 2 4
1 −3 9

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