Tutorial Sheet – 1
(Linear Algebra)
1. Write the vector r 4, 9, 19 as a linear combination of
𝑢 = (1, −2,3), 𝑢 = (3, −7,10), 𝑢 = (2,1,9).
2. Check whether the following sets of vectors linearly independent or dependent?
a) (3,-2,0,4), (5,0,0,1), (-6,1,0,1), (2,0,0,3)
b) (3,4,7), (2,0,3), (8,2,3), (5,5,6)
c) (1,1,0), (1,0,0), (1,1,1)
3. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrices:
8 0 4 1 2 3 4
8 2 5 0 2 0 2
3 4 5
(a) A= 16 6 29 (b) A= (c) A=
4 0 2 3 4 5 6
4 0 7
0 4 0 4 5 6 7
4. Find all real λ for which the rank of the matrix A is 2,
1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
(a) A= 2 5 3 (b) A= 1 2 1
1 1 6 1 5 7 1 2
5. Solve the system
𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3
𝒂𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 10
2𝑥 + 7𝑦 + 𝒂𝑧 = 𝒃
For which values of a does the system have a unique solution?
Find those pairs of values (a, b) for which the system has more than one
solution.
6. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Elimination Method:
(a) 3.0𝑥 + 6.2𝑦 = 0.2 (b) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3
2.1𝑥 + 8.5𝑦 = 4.3 2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
6𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 6.
(c) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 − 5𝑤 = 8
0.6𝑥 + 1.5𝑦 + 1.5𝑧 − 5.4𝑤 = 2.7
1.2𝑥 − 0.3𝑦 − 0.3𝑧 + 2.4𝑤 = 2.1
7. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Jordan Method:
a) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3 b) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 9
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8
6𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 6 3𝑥 − 𝑧 = 3
8. Determine the inverse of the following matrices by Gauss-Jordan Method:
1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 9
(a) A= 0 1 2 (b) A= 2 1 0 2 4 19
(c) A=
2 4 11 5 4 1 0 1 2
9. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices:
4 2 3 2 2 1
5 2 1 3
(a) A= (b) A= 4 5 (c) A= 2 1 6 (d) A= 1 3 1
9 6 1 2 2 1 2 2
10. Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the following matrices:
2 1 1
1 2
(a) A= (b) A= 1 2 1
2 1 1 1 2
11. Find the inverse of matrix A using Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem:
3 2 4 0 1 0 0
7 2 2 0
5 3 4 3 2 6 1 2 0 1 0
(a) A= (b) A= (c) A= (d) A=
3 2 0 0 0 1
6 2 1
2 4 3
1 0 0 0
100
12. Use Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem to find A , where
1 0 0
1 1
(a) A= (b) A= 1 0 1
0 1 0 1 0
13. Define 𝐴 = 𝑃 𝐴𝑃.
Prove that A and similar matrix 𝐴 have the same eigenvalues.
Also prove that if x is an eigenvector of A, then 𝑦 = 𝑃 𝑥 is an eigenvector of 𝐴 .
Here A, P are the following matrices:
4 0 0 4 0 6
3 4 5 2 12 2 0
(a) A= 4 3 , P= 2 1 (b) A= , P= 0 2 0
21 6 1 6 0 10
14. Diagonalize the following matrices by using Similar Transformations:
1 0 1 3 10 15
3 2
(a) A= ( b) A= 0 3 2 (c) A= 18 39 9
2 6 0 0 2 24 40 15
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