Assignment-I

Paper Name: Linear Algebra Paper Code: MATH4126 Stream: CSE, AEIE

1. Describe eigenvectors of a matrix geometrically with suitable example.

2. Find the eigenvalues, eigenvectors, algebraic multiplicity and geometric multiplicity of the
eigenvalues of the following matrix:
 2 2  3
2 1  6

  1  2 0 
3. If a matrix is orthogonally diagonalizable, explain the kind of transformation the matrix will
admit with necessary diagrams.

4. For the following matrix A, find its eigenvalues, a maximal orthogonal set S of eigenvectors and
an orthogonal matrix P such that D=P-1AP is diagonal.

2 2 4 
A  2 5 8 
4 8 17

5. For the following matrix A find a “real cube root” of A, that is, a matrix B such that B3=A and B
has real eigenvalues:
2 2
A 
1 3
6. Explain the core concept of Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process geometrically.

7. Apply the Gram-Schmidt process to the vectors (1,0,1), (1,0,-1) and (1,3,4) to obtain an
orthonormal basis for 3 with standard inner product.

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8. Consider the polynomial space P(t) with inner product f, g   f(t)g(t) dt where f, g P(t) .Find
0

f, g and f , g for f(t)=3t-5 and g(t)=t2.

9. Decompose the following matrix into a product of an orthogonal matrix and an upper
triangular matrix:

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Instructor: Dr. Sandip Chatterjee Dept. of Mathematics, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata