Tutorial Sheet 1-1
Tutorial Sheet 1-1
Faculty : Dr. Neha Yadav Course Code : MA-111 Date of Issue : 29/08/2019
Date of Submission : 05/09/2019
Topics Covered: Matrices
1. Find the rank of the following matrices by converting it to Row Echelon form
1 2 3 0
3 1 2 2 4 3 2
(a) 6 2 4 (b)
3 2 1 3
3 1 2
6 8 7 5
3 3 4
2. Use Gauss-Jordan method to compute the inverse of the matrix 2 3 4
0 1 1
2 2 0 6
4 2 0 2
3. Find the rank of the matrix, by reducing it to normal form.
1 1 0 3
1 2 1 2
4. Determine for what values of and the following equations have (i) no solution (ii) a
unique solution (iii) infinite number of solutions.
5. Find the values of k such that the system of equations
x ky 3 0 , 4 x 3 y kz 0 , 2 x y 2 z 0 has nontrivial solution.
6. Find the non-singular matrices P and Q such that PAQ is the normal form of the matrix A
1 1 1
and hence find the inverse of A, if it exists. A 1 1 1 .
3 1 1
7. In a given electrical network, the equations of the currents i1 ,i2 and i3 are
3i1 i2 i3 8 , 2i1 3i2 2i3 5 , 7i1 2i2 5i3 0 , Calculate i1 ,i3 by Cramer’s
rule.
8. Examine whether the following vectors are linearly dependent or independent, If
dependent find the relation if it exists
(a) X 1 (1, 2, 4) , X 2 (2, 1, 3) , X 3 (0, 1, 2) , X 4 (3, 7, 2)
1
(b) X 1 (2, 2, 1)T , X 2 (1, 3, 1)T , X 3 (1, 2, 2)T
6 2 2
9. Find the eigen values and eigen vectors for A 2 3 1
2 1 3
10. Verify Cayley Hamilton theorem for the following symmetric matrix
2 1 1
A 1 2 1 , and hence obtain A 1 .
1 1 2
1 2 2
11. A square matrix A is defined by A 1 2 1 , Find the modal matrix P and the
1 1 0
resulting diagonal matrix D of A.
1 0 1
12. Find a matrix P which transforms the matrix A 1 2 1 to diagonal form.
2 2 3
Hence find A 4 .
1 2 5
13. Write down the quadratic form corresponding to the matrix A 2 0 3 .
5 3 4
14. Write down the matrix of the quadratic form x12 2 x22 7 x32 4 x1 x2 8x1 x3 5x2 x3 .
Determine the nature, index and signature for the same.
15. Reduce the quadratic form 6 x12 3x22 3x32 4 x1 x2 2 x2 x3 4 x3 x1 , to the sum of
squares and find the corresponding linear transformation. Also find the index and
signature.
2 3 4i
16. Show that A
2
is Hermitian. Find its eigen values and eigen vectors.
3 4i
1 1 1 i
17. Prove that the matrix A is unitary.
3 1 i 1