Dierential Equations w/ Linear Algebra

Review 2
1. Let A =

]
[
]
[
]
2 3
2 1 3
1 0
,B=
, and C =
.
0 1
3 1 2
2 4

Find the following, if defined: AB, BC, 2A + C, B C, (AB)T , AT B T , B T AT , B 1 .

2. Consider the matrix equation

Ax = b,

3
4 1
x1
8
1 , x = x2 , b = 3
where A = 2 1
2
2 1
x3
5

(a) Write down the system of linear algebraic equations represented by the matrix
equation above.
(b) Use Cramers rule to solve the system of equations.

3. Find any two vectors in 3 that span the plane 2x1 + x2 6x3 = 0

4. Consider the following system of linear equations:

x1 + 3x2 x3 + x4 = 0
x1
+ 2x3 + x4 = 0
(a) Write down the above system in matrix notation.

(b) Find the solution space using Gaussian elimination.

5. Determine whether the vectors u1 = (1, 1, 4), u2 = (2, 1, 3), and u3 = (4, 3, 5)
span 3 .

6. Find the inverse of the following matrices:

[
(a) A =

[
(b) B =

[
(c) C =

3 6
1
2

1
3
2 1

]
.

]
.

et sin t et cos t
et cos t
et sin t

]
.

7. Use row operation to show that the following determinants are all zero.


 12 13 14 


(a)  15 16 17  .
 18 19 20 

 1 a b+c

(b)  1 b a + c
 1 c a+b


 a
b
c


(c)  a + x b + x c + x
 a+y b+y c+y

8. Solve the following homogeneous linear dierential equations:

(a) y + y + 3y 5y = 0.

(b) 25y + 20y + 4y = 0.

(c) y 3y + 2y = 0.

(d) x2 y + 4xy + 2y = 0.

9. Find the general form of a particular solution of

y + 9y = x2 e2x + x sin x

10. Solve the following by the method of undetermined coecients.

(a) 3y + y 2y = 2 cos x
(b) y + 4y = 3x3 .