Introduction

MTH101: Elementary Mathematics I

Matrices: Introduction

Dr. A. A. Olosunde

Department of Mathematics
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

MTH101, 2022
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Outline

Introduction
Dimension of a matrix
Square matrices
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Matrix Dimension
Dimension of a Matrix

Let m; n 2 N. A Matrix A having m rows and n columns is of

m by n dimension.
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Matrix Dimension
Dimension of a Matrix

Let m; n 2 N. A Matrix A having m rows and n columns is of

m by n dimension.

Consider matrices
0 1
1 2 3 !
B C
A = @4 5 6A ; B =
2 4 7
5 2 9
7 8 9
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Matrix Dimension
Dimension of a Matrix

Let m; n 2 N. A Matrix A having m rows and n columns is of

m by n dimension.

Consider matrices
0 1
1 2 3 !
B C
A = @4 5 6A ; B =
2 4 7
5 2 9
7 8 9

A has 3 rows and 3 columns, its dimension, dim(A) = 3 by 3.

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Matrix Dimension
Dimension of a Matrix

Let m; n 2 N. A Matrix A having m rows and n columns is of

m by n dimension.

Consider matrices
0 1
1 2 3 !
B C
A = @4 5 6A ; B =
2 4 7
5 2 9
7 8 9

B has 2 rows and 3 columns, its dimension is

dim(B) = 2 by 3:
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Matrix dimension ...

Consider
0 1
3
B 7 C
  B C
C= 2 6 0 20 2 B
; D = B 3 C
C
7 B C
@ 0 A
40
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Matrix dimension ...

Consider
0 1
3
B 7 C
  B C
C= 2 6 0 20 2 B
; D = B 3 C
C
7 B C
@ 0 A
40

C has 1 row and 5 columns, its dimension, 1 by 5:

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Matrix dimension ...

Consider
0 1
3
B 7 C
  B C
C= 2 6 0 20 2 B
; D = B 3 C
C
7 B C
@ 0 A
40

What is the dim(D)?

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

What is the dimension of matrix B?

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

What is the dimension of matrix B? 2 by 3.

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List b1j ; j = 1; 2; 3:
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List b1j ; j = 1; 2; 3: b11 = 2, b12 = 4, b13 = 7.

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List b2j ; j = 1; 2; 3:
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List b2j ; j = 1; 2; 3: b21 = 5, b22 = 2, b23 = 9.

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi1 , i = 1, 2.
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi1 , i = 1, 2. b11 = 2, b21 = 5.

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi2 , i = 1, 2.
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi2 , i = 1, 2. b12 = 4, b22 = 2.

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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi3 , i = 1, 2.
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Introduction: Short quiz

Consider the matrix

!
2 4 7
B=
5 2 9

List bi3 , i = 1, 2. b13 = 7, b23 = 9.

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Row and column matrices

Row matrix

A matrix of dimension 1 by n is called a row matrix. A row

matrix is a matrix of one row.
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Row and column matrices

Row matrix

A matrix of dimension 1 by n is called a row matrix. A row

matrix is a matrix of one row.

Generally, Matrix A = [a1j ]; j = 1; 2;


; n is a row matrix.

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Row and column matrices

Row matrix

A matrix of dimension 1 by n is called a row matrix. A row

matrix is a matrix of one row.

Examples are
 
A = a11 a12 a13 a14



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Row and column matrices

Row matrix

A matrix of dimension 1 by n is called a row matrix. A row

matrix is a matrix of one row.

 
B= 2 1 4 9 3
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