Week 06 Worksheet: Determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors
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1. (Review) How to compute determinants, Cramer’s rule, inverse matrix
2. (Practice) Compute by only evaluating a single two-by-two determinant.
a b c g h i a b c d e f , a b c , 2d + a 2e + b 2f + c . 5g 5h 5i d e f g h i
Solution: a b c a b c d e f = 5 · d e f = 35, 5g 5h 5i g h i g h i a b c a b c a b c = − g h i = (−1)2 · d e f = 7, d e f d e f g h i a b c a b c a b c r −r1 2d + a 2e + b 2f + c ==2=== 2d 2e 2f = 2 · d e f = 14. g h i g h i g h i 1 0 1 4. (Practice) Compute det B5 , where B = 1 1 2. 1 2 1 Solution: 1 2 1 1 det B = (−1)1+1 · + (−1)1+3 · = −2, 2 1 1 2 which implies that det B5 = (det B)5 = (−2)5 = −32. 5. (Practice) Let A and P be square matrices, with P invertible. Show that det (PAP−1 ) = det A. Proof : det (PAP−1 ) = det P · det A · det P−1 = det A 6. (Practice) Let U be a square matrix such that UT U = I. Show that det U = ±1. Solution: det I = det UT U = det UT det U = (det U)2 = 1 ⇒ det U = ±1.
7. (Practice) Let A and B be 4-by-4 matrices, with det A = −1 and det B = 2. Compute:
• det AB • det B5 • det 2A • det AT A • det B−1 AB • det A−1 .
Solution: det AB = det A det B = −2, det B5 = (det B)5 = 32, det 2A = 24 · det A = −16, det AT A = det AT det A = (−1) · (−1) = 1, det B−1 AB = det B−1 det A det B = det A = −1, det A−1 = (det A)−1 = −1. 8. (Practice) Solve the following system of equations using Cramer’s rule.
x + y − z = 6, 3x − 2y + z = −5, x + 3y − 2z = 14. Solution: x = 1, y = 3, z = −2. 9. (Practice) Find the inverse matrix A−1 by computing determinants. 6 2 3 A = 3 1 1 10 3 4
