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This document contains 10 problems related to linear algebra concepts such as properties of matrix addition, multiplication, inverses, and transposes. It asks the student to prove various statements about matrices, including properties of determinants, inverses, symmetric matrices, and nilpotent matrices. It also contains problems asking the student to find specific matrices meeting given criteria or to solve systems of linear equations.

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Department of Mathematics, LNMIIT, Jaipur: T T T T T T

This document contains 10 problems related to linear algebra concepts such as properties of matrix addition, multiplication, inverses, and transposes. It asks the student to prove various statements about matrices, including properties of determinants, inverses, symmetric matrices, and nilpotent matrices. It also contains problems asking the student to find specific matrices meeting given criteria or to solve systems of linear equations.

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Department of Mathematics, LNMIIT,Jaipur

MATH-3- Linear Algebra 204-15-Assignment-1

1. Let A and B be two square matrices of dimension n. Show that(A + B)


t
=
A
t
+ B
t
and (AB)
t
= B
t
A
t
.
2. Let A
1
, A
2
, ..., A
n
be n square invertible matrices of dimension n. Show that
the product A
1
A
2
...A
n
is also an invertible matrix.
3. Let A be an invertible matrix. Show that A cannot have a zero row or a
zero column.
4. Let A and B be symmetric matrices. Show that AB is symmetric i AB =
BA.
5. Let A be a square symmetric matrix with A
2
= 0. Is it necessary that A = 0.
6. Let x =

x
1
x
2

, y =

y
1
y
2

. Let A =

1 0
0 1

and B =

cos sin
sin cos

.
Geometrically interpret y = Ax and y = Bx.
7. For a square matrix A dene trace of A by
tr(A) = a
11
+ a
22
+ ... + a
nn
Show that tr(A + B) = tr(A) + tr(B) and tr(AB) = tr(BA). Also Show
that there do not exist 2 matices of dimension n such that AB BA = cI
n
for any c = 0.
8. Let A =

1 1 1
1 4 5
1 4 7

and b =

1
3
5

.
(a) Solve Ax = b by the row operation method.
(b) Find the inverse of A.
9. A square matrix A is said to be nilpotent if A
k
= 0 for a positive integer k.
(a) Show that any invertible matrix is not nilpotent.
(b) Show that any triangular matrix with zero diagonal is nilpotent.
(c) Show that if A is nilpotent with A
k
= 0, then I A is invertible with
its inverse I + A + ... + A
k1
.
10. Suppose A, B, C and D are nn matrices such that D = A
1
BA. Calculate
D
n
.

1
For Students:
1. Lat A be matrix as in Problem 8 (above). Write A as a product of elementary
matrices.
2. Find all possible choices of a, b and c so that A =

a b
c 0

has an inverse
matrix such that A = A
1
.
3. Suppose A is a 21 matrix and B is a 12 matrix. Prove that the product
AB is not invertible.
4. Suppose that A
2
+ 2A + I = 0. Show that A is invertible.
5. Find all (real) 2 2 matrices such that A
2
= 0.
6. Let A and B be n n (real) matrices. Assume that A = B, A
3
= B
3
and
A
2
B = B
2
A. Is A
2
+ B
2
invertible ?
7. Let A and B be n n matrices. If I AB is invertible then show that
I BA is invertible.
8. If an n n real matrix A satises the relation AA
t
= 0 then show that
A = 0.
9. Let (M
3
(R) be the set of all real 33 matrices. Let A M
3
(R). If AB = BA
for all B M
3
(R), then show that A = I for some R.
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