Linear Algebra Quiz#1 2019.03.

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1. (15 points)
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(a) Find a unit vector 𝑢 in the direction of 𝑣 = [1].
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(b) Find a unit vector 𝑢⊥ that is perpendicular to 𝑢.
(c) How many possibilities for 𝑢⊥ ?

2. (15 points) The elimination matrix 𝐸 with subtraction operation:

1 0 𝑥1 𝑏
𝐸𝑥 = 𝑏: [ ] [𝑥 ] = [ 1 ]
−𝑙 1 2 𝑏2

(a) What is the solution of 𝑥?

(b) What is the inverse matrix 𝐸 −1 ?
(c) Check 𝑥 = 𝐸 −1 𝑏.

3. (20 points) A system linear equation as:

1 1 1 𝑥 7
𝐴𝑥 = 𝑏: [1 1 −1] [𝑦] = [5]
1 −1 1 𝑧 3
(a) Use elimination to reach upper triangle matrix 𝑈.
(b) Factorize PA = LDU
(c) What is the solution of 𝑥?
(d) Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to find the 𝐴−1.

4. (10 points) Permutation matrix 𝑃 has a 1 in each row and column, how
many Permutation matrices with size n?

5. (10 points) 𝐴 is a square matrix, prove (𝐴−1 )𝑇 = (𝐴𝑇 )−1

6. (10 points)
(a) What matrices are not invertible (singular)?
(b) Find the inverse when it exists.
1 0 0
1 4 1 1 1 1
A= [ ], B = [ ], C = [ ], D = [1 1 0]
2 8 1 0 1 1
1 1 1
7. (20 points) Applying the permutation 𝑃 to the rows of a real matrix A will
destroy its symmetry:

0 1 0 1 4 5 4 2 6
𝑃 = [0 0 1] 𝐴 = [4 2 6] 𝑃𝐴 = [5 6 3]
1 0 0 5 6 3 1 4 5

If we can find another permutation Q to recover symmetry of A, which of

the following statements are true?

(A) Q = P
(B) Q = P-1 = PT
(C) If D is a diagonal matrix, every PDP-1 is also diagonal.
(D)PAQ = QAP
(E) None of the above.