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    Exercise Session 2, 2 October 2018

    Mathematics for Economics and Finance


    Prof: Norman Schürhoff
    TAs: Jakub Hajda, Jimmy Lerch

    Exercise 1
    (a) Compute
    3 1 −1 2
    −5 1 3 −4
    D= .
    2 0 1 −1
    1 −5 3 −3

    (b) Calculate rank(A), |A|, tr(A), A−1 for  


    1 4 7
    A= 3 2 5 .
    5 2 8

    Exercise 2
    A and B are squared matrixes of order n > 2, det A and det B are their determinants. Which of the following
    statements are true:

    (a) if det A = det B, then det(A − B) = 0.


    (b) if A and B differ only by interchange of 2 columns, then det A = det B.
    (c) if det A 6= 0, then either det B = 0 or det(AB) = 0.

    Exercise 3
    Consider a matrix Am×n . Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Explain why.

    (a) If the rows of matrix A are linearly independent, then m > n.


    (b) If the rows of matrix A are linearly dependent, then m > n.
    (c) If m > n, then the rows of matrix A are linearly independent.
    (d) If m > n, then the rows of matrix A are linearly dependent.

    Exercise 4
    For what values of the constant p and q does the following system have a unique solution, several solutions, or
    no solution? 
     x1 + x2 + x3 = 2q
    2x1 − 3x2 + 2x3 = 4q
    3x1 − 2x2 + px3 = q.

    1
    Exercise 5
    Consider the following system of equations:


     w − x + y − z = b1
    w − x + y + z = b2


     4w − 4x + 4y = b3
    −2w + 2x − 2y + z = b4 .

    (a) Give the solution set of the homogenous system.

    (b) Give the solution set of the inhomogenous system with b = [2, 0, 4, −3].

    Exercise 6
    Let A be a matrix  
    1 2 3
    2 4 6
    A=
    −1

    4 1
    2 −8 −2
    .

    (a) Find a basis for the null space of A, N ull(A).


    (b) Find a basis for the column space of A, Col(A).
    (c) Verify the Rank-Nullity Theorem (Theorem A.7, p.248 of Lecture Notes).

    Exercise 7
    Discuss the solutions of following system for all values of a and b.

     x + 2y + 3z = 1
    −x + ay − 21z = 2 .
    3x + 7y + az = b

    Exercise 8
    (a) Let us consider the quadratic form Q given by

    Q(x, y) = ax2 + bxy + cy 2 .

    Show that Q is positive definite if and only if a > 0 and b2 < 4ac.
    (b) Determine the definiteness of

    Q = 3x21 + x22 + 6x23 − 2x1 x2 + 2x1 x3 + 4x2 x3

    (c) Determine the definiteness of


    Q = −x21 + 6x1 x2 − 9x22 − 2x23 .

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