Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Linear Algebra: M2402 Tutorial 2 August 2017

1. Solve the following homogeneous systems of linear equations by using any method

(a) (c)

2x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 0 x1 + 3x2 + x4 = 0

x1 + 2x2 = 0 x1 + 4x2 + 2x3 = 0
x2 + x3 = 0 2x2 3x3 x4 = 0
2x1 4x2 + x3 + x4 = 0
x1 2x2 x3 + x4 = 0
(b)
(d)
2x y + 3z = 0
x + 2y 3z = 0 3x1 + 2x2 + x3 + x4 = 0
x + y + 4z = 0 x1 x2 x3 x4 = 0

2. Find all the values of a for which the system

x1 x2 + (a + 3)x3 = a3 a 7
x1 + ax2 ax3 = a
2(a 1)x2 + (a2 + 2)x3 = 8a 14

(i.)no solution (iii.) unique solution (iii.)infinitely many solutions

3. Find all the values of for which the homogeneous system of linear equations has
a non trivial solution

( + 2)x1 2x2 + 3x3 = 0

2x1 + ( 1)x2 + 6x3 = 0
x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 0

4. List all the matrices of matrix A = (aij ) for 1 i 3 and 1 j 3 where

a. aij = i + j
b. aij = iji

i + j if i > j
c. aij = 0 if i = j
i j if i < j

1
 5. Let A and B be n n matrices. The Jordan Product of A and B is defined by
1
A B = (AB + BA).
2
   
1 4 3 7
(a) Given that A = and B = , calculate A B.
3 9 2 6
(b) Using the properties of matrix addition, scalar multiplication, matrix multipli-
cation and transposes, prove that the following properties hold.
i. A B = B A.
ii. (kA) B = k(A B) for any scalar k.
iii. (A B)T = AT B T .
6. Find the values of a, b,c and d if
   
a+d c+d 1 2
=
cd ab 2 1

2 1  
2 1 4
7. If A = 3 0 and B = Find
3 1 1
1 1

a. A+B
b. AT + B
   
T T 1 0 2 4 1 1
8. Find AB, AB , A B if possible where A = and B =
1 2 0 2 5 1
 
1 1
9. Compute A2017 where A =
0 1
   
T 1 2 T 2 3
10. Find Matrix A satisfying (2A 3 ) =
1 1 1 2
   
1 2 1 1 2
11. Let A = and B =
1 3 3 2 0
a. If possible, find A2 (3A)T
b. Find C, if any suh that B T + C = B T A

1 2 4 2
12. let A = 3 2 0 and C = 5
4 3 9 1

a. If possible, find (AC + I3 )T

b. Find AC as a linear combination of the columns of A
13. Given matrices A (4 by 5), B(5 by 4), C (5 by 2), D (4 by 2), E (5 by 4). Determine
whether the given matrix expression is defined, if so give the resulting matrix
a. AB T
b. E(CB+A)
c. DT (BE)
d. B T D + ED
e. EAC
f. BAT + D