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Miscellaneous Exercises
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XERCISE
2
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7
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1
Let
be an orthogonal matrix. Show that
If
and
are two
non-singular matrices, are the matrices
and
non-singular? Justify your answer.
For an
matrix
prove that the following conditions are equivalent:
is singular (
doesn't exist).
rank
is not row-equivalent to
the identity matrix of order
has a non-trivial solution for some
(that is, there exist
not all zero, such that
).
doesn't have a unique solution, i.e., it has no solutions or it has infinitely many solutions.
Let
We know that the numbers
and
are all divisible by
Does this imply
divides
?
Let
where
Show that
[The matrix
is usually called the Van-dermonde matrix.]
Let
with
be an
matrix. Compute
Let
with
be an
matrix. Show that
is invertible.
Solve the following system of equations by Cramer's rule.
Suppose
and
are two
matrices such that
for
for some non-zero real number
. Then compute
in terms of
.
The position of an element
of a determinant is called even or odd according as
is even or odd. Show that
If all the entries in odd positions are multiplied with
then the value of the determinant doesn't change.
If all entries in even positions are multiplied with
then the determinant
does not change if the matrix is of even order.
is multiplied by
if the matrix is of odd order.
Let
be an
Hermitian matrix, that is,
Show that
is a real number. [
is a matrix with complex entries and
]
Let
be an
matrix. Then show that
Let
and
be invertible matrices. Prove that
Let
be a rectangular matrix with
a square matrix of order
and
Then show that
if and only if
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A K Lal 2007-09-12