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This document contains 13 problems related to matrix algebra concepts: 1. Compute products of specific 2x2 matrices. 2. Compute products involving diagonal matrices and how diagonal matrices can be inverted. 3. Show a specific equation with real matrices has no solution. 4. If a matrix commutes with all 2x2 matrices, show its structure. 5. Find examples of 2x2 matrices satisfying specific properties. 6. Relate inverses of matrices and their squares. 7. Prove properties involving invertible matrices and their products. 8. Give examples satisfying properties about sums of invertible matrices. 9. Determine which properties of an invertible matrix carry over to its inverse

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This document contains 13 problems related to matrix algebra concepts: 1. Compute products of specific 2x2 matrices. 2. Compute products involving diagonal matrices and how diagonal matrices can be inverted. 3. Show a specific equation with real matrices has no solution. 4. If a matrix commutes with all 2x2 matrices, show its structure. 5. Find examples of 2x2 matrices satisfying specific properties. 6. Relate inverses of matrices and their squares. 7. Prove properties involving invertible matrices and their products. 8. Give examples satisfying properties about sums of invertible matrices. 9. Determine which properties of an invertible matrix carry over to its inverse

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Assignment - 1

1 a 1 b
1. Compute the product A = and B =
0 1 0 1
n
1 1
2. Compute Compute the product
0 1

3. Let D be the diagonal matrix [d1 d2 d3 dn ] Then


(a) If A = (aij ) is any n n matrix compute the product DA and AD.
(b) If B is any other diagonal matrix then what will be DB and BD?
(c) When is the diagonal matrix invertible?
4. Show that the equation AB BA = Id has no solution in n n matrix with real entries.

a b
5. Suppose that A commutes with every 2 2 matrix and in particular A = commutes with
c d

1 0 0 1
and . Show that a = d and b = c. Also show that if AB = BA for all matrices B
0 0 0 0
then A is multiple of identity.
6. By trial and error find examples of 2 2 matrices such that
(a) A2 = Id and A has only real entries.
(b)B 2 = 0 but B 6= 0.
(c) CD = DC but CD 6= 0.
(d) EF = 0 but E 6= 0 and F 6= 0.
7. If the inverse of A2 is B, show that the inverse of A is AB.
8. (a) If A is invertible
and AB = AC prove that B = C.
1 0
(b) If A = , find an example with AB = AC but B 6= C.
0 0

9. Give an examples of A and B such that


(a) A + B is not invertible though A and B are invertible.
(b) A + B is invertible though A and B are not invertible.

10. If A is invertible then which properties of A remain true for A1 ?


(a) A is triangular.
(b) A is symmetric.
(c) all entries are whole numbers.
(d) all entries are fractions(including numbers like 13 ).

1
11. Show that A2 = 0 is possible but AT A = 0 is not possible if A 6= 0.

12. If A = AT and B = B T then which of these matrices are certainly symmetric?


(1) A2 B 2 (2) (A + B)(A B) (3) ABA (4) ABAB.

13. Suppose R is rectangular m n matrix and A is symmetric(m m).


(a) Show that RT AR symmetric. What is its order?
(b) Show that RT R has no negative numbers on its diagonal.

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