National Institute of Technology Meghalaya

Tutorial I
Subject: Scientific Computing (MA 203)

1. Show that if rank(A) = 1, then A = xy T , for some vectors x, y. Hence show

that |||A|||2 = |||A|||F .

2. Verify that for any A Rm,n , the following holds

1
|||A|||1 |||A|||2 n|||A|||
m

3. Show that if y = |x|, then ||y|| = ||x|| .

|||A||| 1
4. If A is a nonsingular matrix and < , then A + is nonsin-
|||A||| cond(A)
gular.

5. Let A be any nonsingular matrix, and let a1 , a2 , . . . , an denote its columns.

||ai ||p
Then for any i and j, condp (A) , p = 1, 2, .
||aj ||p
 
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6. Let A =
752 750
(a) Calculate A1 , and cond (A).
||b||
(b) Find b, b, x and x such that Ax = b, A(x + x) = b + b,
||b||
||x||
is small, and is large.
||x||
||b||
(c) Find b, b, x and x such that Ax = b, A(x + x) = b + b),
||b||
||x||
is large, and is small.
||x||
7. The Skeel Condition number of a matrix A is defined as : skeel(A) = ||K|| ,
with K = |A1 | |A|.
Let A be a nonsingular matrix, and suppose x and x satisfies Ax = b and
Ax = b, where x = x + x 6= 0, b = b + b 6= 0, and |b| |b|. Then
show that
||x||
|x| |A1 | |A| |x| and  skeel(A).
||x||