UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

MODULE: B. Engineering Mathematics 1(MAT 2018)

GROUP: BENG1 2015/2016

Tutorial Sheet #4:Linear Algebra

1. Solve the following sets of equations by Gaussian elimination

x1  2 x2  3x3  9 4 x1  8 x2  4 x3  80
(i) 2 x1  x2  x3  8 (ii) 2 x1  x2  4 x3  7
3x1  x3  3 3x1  x2  2 x3  22

x1  2 x2 3 x1  4 x2  2 x3  6
(iii) x1  x2  x3  1 (iv) 2 x1  3x2  2 x3  9
x1  5 x2  x3  10 3x1  2 x2  x3 4

x1  2 x2  x3 2 2 x1  3x2  3 x3  9
(v) 2 x1  5 x2  2 x3  1 (vi) 3x1  4 x2  x3  5
7 x1  17 x2  5 x3  1 5 x1  7 x2  2 x3  14

2. Prove the following results.

1 a bc log x log y log z

(i) 1 b ca  (b  c )(c  a )(a  b) (ii) log 2 x log 2 y log 2 z  0
1 c ab
log 3 x log 3 y log 3 z

1 a b c d
a 1 b c d
(iii)  1 a  b  c  d
a b 1 c d
a b c 1 d
3. Factorize the following determinants:

1 1 1 1 a bc
(i) a b c (ii) 1 b ca
2 2 2
a b c 1 c ab

4. Write down the symmetric matrix A, associated with the following quadratic
forms.

2 2
(i)  6 x1  3x1 x 2  5 x 2 (ii)
2 2 2
x1  4 x 2  3 x3  2 x1 x 2  x1 x3  8 x 2 x3

(iii) 5 x1 x 2  3 x1 x3 (iv)
2 2 2
3x1  5 x 2  3 x3  2 x 2 x3  2 x1 x3  2 x1 x 2

5. Find all eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the given matrix.

2 7 0
5 4  1 3 1 3 1 
(i) 1 (ii) 0 2 (iii)
 2
    
 5 0 8 

1 0 4  2 3 3 
0 2 0  0 4 4 
(iv)   (v)   (vi)
 3 1 3  0 5 5

 2 2 3
 2 1 6 
 
 1 2 0 

6. (i) Write down the symmetric matrix A associated with the quadratic form
 3 p 2  5q 2  3r 2  2qr  2 pr  2 pq

(ii) Find all eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the matrix A.

7. Verify whether the following matrices are Unitary and Hermitian.

 1 1 i 
 3 3  1 1  i 1  i  1 i 
i)  1 i ii)   iii)  
1  1
 3   2 1  i 1  i  i
 3

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