Exercises 85 A Now we regard the determinant det ; oO as a function of the n rows of A. This is possible at because of the block of zeros in the upper right-hand corner. It is easily verified that this function satisfies all four axioms for a determinant function of order n. Therefore, by the uniqueness theorem, we must have A O det = det A. O In f A similar argument shows that det Ie oO 3 = det B. Hence (3.16) implies (3.15). 3.11 Exercises L. For each of the following statements about square matrices, give a proof or exhibit a counter example.(a) det (4 + B) = det A + det B. (b) det {C4 + BY} = {det (4 + BY (c) det {(A + B)?} = det (42 + 248 + 8%) (d) det {(A + B}} = det (4? + 3). 2, (a) Extend Theorem 3.7 to block-diagonal matrices with three diagonal blocks: ‘A 00 det ]|O BO} = (det A)(det Bydet C). ooc (b) State and prove a generalization for block-diagonal matrices with any number of diagonal blocks. 190 abe o100 efgh ¢ 3. Let d= > Bea » Prove that det 4 = det and that abed ao10 Ah efer e001 Ld det B= det : ef. 4, State and prove a generalization of Exercise 3 for n x matrices. aébodo ce d00 ab gh 5. Let A = . Prove that det A = det det : efgh ed z WwW x y Zz Ww 6, State and prove a generalization of Exercise 5 for m x n matrices of the form awhere B, C, D denote square matrices and O denotes a matrix of zeros.