Revision Question Day 4

1. If a matrix A is has dimension nxn. What are the dimensions of inv(A)?

a. nxn. Think about the number of elements in the cofactor matrix.
2. If a matrix A has dimension nxn. And if its inverse exists what can you say about the rank of
A?
a. Rank is same as rank of A, which is n.
3. Are ranks of A and inv(A) always the same?
a. Yes.
4. Calculate the inverse of the following matrices. Do first by hand and second in R.
This was done in class.

5. For a diagonal matrix A what is its inverse?

a. Reciprocal of the diagonal elements. Therefore, inv(A) is a diagonal matrix.
6. Diagonal elements become reciprocal, 0 elements remain 0, for everything else we need to
calculate the numbers.
7. ( A¿¿ T )−1=( A ¿¿−1)T ¿ ¿
a. Pre multiply both sides by AT , the LHS becomes AT ×( A¿¿ T )−1=I ¿. Similarly
RHS becomes AT ×( A¿¿−1)T =( A¿ ¿−1 × A)T =I T =I ¿ ¿. Hence proved.
b. Solution available in slides.
8. Maximum possible values =3, Minimum possible values =1.
9. Eigen values same as diagonal elements
10. Eigen values same as diagonal elements, therefore, eigen values, 1,4,6. You can use R to
calculate eigen vectors. Shown in class.
11. Yes, for all square matrices.
12. Yes, always. Det(A)=0 if singular and Det(A)=product of diagonal elements. Eigen values
are same as diagonal elements. Therefore, one eigen value has to be 0.