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1. The document provides tutorial problems on linear algebra concepts such as linear combinations of vectors, linear independence of sets of vectors, matrix operations including echelon form, rank, nullity, solution of systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and similar matrices. 2. Problems involve determining if vectors are linear combinations of other vectors, reducing matrices to echelon form to find rank, solving systems of equations using Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordan methods, finding inverses of matrices, and diagonalizing matrices through similar transformations. 3. Methods covered include examining linear combinations of vectors, row reduction, finding null spaces of matrices, solving homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems of equations, computing characteristic polynomials, and using

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Tutorial-Sheet, Linear Algebra, 2023

1. The document provides tutorial problems on linear algebra concepts such as linear combinations of vectors, linear independence of sets of vectors, matrix operations including echelon form, rank, nullity, solution of systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and similar matrices. 2. Problems involve determining if vectors are linear combinations of other vectors, reducing matrices to echelon form to find rank, solving systems of equations using Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordan methods, finding inverses of matrices, and diagonalizing matrices through similar transformations. 3. Methods covered include examining linear combinations of vectors, row reduction, finding null spaces of matrices, solving homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems of equations, computing characteristic polynomials, and using

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Tutorial Sheet – 1, 2023

MA-102 :: Mathematics – II
[ Unit – I : Linear Algebra ]

1. Let = (1, −2, 3), = (3, −7, 10), and = (2, 1, 9). Examine if is a linear
combination of , , , where = (4, 9, 19).

2. Let = (1, −2, 1, 3), = (1, 2, −1, 1), and = (2, 3, 1, −1). Examine if w is a
linear combination of , , , where = (3, 0, 5, −1).

3. Let = (1, −1, 0), = (0, 1, −1), = (0, 0, 1) be elements of 3. Show that the
set of vectors { , , } is linearly independent.

4. Let = (1, −1, 0), = (0, 1, −1), = (0, 2, 1), = (1, 0, 3) be elements of 3.

Show that the set of vectors { , , , } is linearly dependent.

5. Examine whether the following set of vectors is linearly independent.


a) {(3, −2,0,4), (5,0,0,1), (−6,1,0,1), (2,0,0,3)}
b) {(3, 4, 7), (2, 0, 3), (8, 2, 3), (5, 5, 6)}
c) { (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0), (1, 1, 1)}

6. Reduce the following matrices to Echelon form and hence find their ranks:

1 3 5 7 −1 0 5
(a) A   2  1 4
 (b) = 0 1/2 1 1/3
3 −1 1/4 4
 2 8 2
5 −3 1 11

7. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrices:


8 0 4 2 −2 0 6
8 2 5  0 2 0 4 2 0 2
(a) A  16 6 29  (b) A   (c) =
4 0 2 1 −1 0 3
 4 0  7  
0 4 0 1 −2 1 2

8. Find all real λ & m for which the rank of the matrix P is 2,
1 2 3 1  1 1 1 1  1 1 1 6

(a) P  2 5 3 l  (b) P  1 2  1 l  (c) = 1 3 10
2
1 1 6 l  1 5 7 1 l2  1 2 m

9. Show that the system of equations


1  1 1   x  4
2 1  3  y   0
    
1 1 1   z  2
has a unique solution and find the solution.

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10. Prove that the system of equations:
2 + 5 + 6 = 13 , 3 + −4 =0, − 3 − 8 = −10
has infinite number of solutions and find the solutions.

11. Show that the system of equations:


2 +6 +1= 0, 6 + 20 − 6 − 3 = 0 , 6 − 18 + 1 = 0
is inconsistent( i.e., has no solution).

12. Find the condition to be satisfied by a, b, c for which the system of equations:
+3 +4 = , −4 + 2 − 6 = , −3 − 2 − 7 =
is consistent.

13. Find the value of q for which the system of equations,


2(sin q ) + − 2 = 0 , 3 + 2(cos 2q ) +3 = 0, 5 +3 − = 0
has a non-trivial solution.

14. Show that the only real value of l for which the following system of equations has a
non-zero solution is 6:

+2 +3 =l
3 + +2 =l
2 +3 + =l

15. Solve the following system of equations by using Gaussian-Elimination Method:


(a) 3.0 + 6.2 = 0.2 (b) +2 − =3
2.1 + 8.5 = 4.3 + + =2
2 + 3 = 5.
−2 =1
(c) 3 +2 +2 −5 =8
0.6 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 5.4 = 2.7
1.2 − 0.3 − 0.3 + 2.4 = 2.1

16. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Jordan Method:


(a) + + =9 (b) +2 +3 =9
2 − 3 + 4 = 13 2 − + =8
3 + 4 + 5 = 40 3 − =3

17. Determine the inverse of the following matrices by Gauss-Jordan Method:

1 2 5  1 0 0 1 2  9
(a) A= 0  1 2  (b) A= 2 1 0  2  4 19 
(c) A=  
2 4 11 5 4 1  0  1 2 

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18. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices:
−1 −1 0 1 1 1
5  2 
(a) A=   (b) A = (c) = 4 3 0 (d) = 0 1 1
9  6 −
1 0 2 0 0 1
19. Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the following matrix and hence find its inverse ,if
it exists:
3 −1 4 1 −1 2
1 2
(a) A=   (b) = 0 2 1 (c) = 2 −2 4
2 1 1 −1 −2 3 −3 6
20. Find the inverse of matrix A using Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem:
3 2 4  0 1 0 0
7 2  2  
(a) A= 
5 3
(b) A= 4 3 2  (c) A=  6  1 2 
(d) A= 0 0 1 0
     0 0 0 1
3 2   6 2  1
2 4 3  
1 0 0 0
21. Let = .
 Prove that A and similar matrix have the same eigenvalues.
 Also prove that if x is an eigenvector of A, then = is an eigenvector of .
Here A, P are the following matrices:
 4 0 0 4 0 6 
3 4  5 2
(a) A   , P  (b) A  12  2 0 , P  0 2 0 
 4  3 2 1 21  6 1 6 0 10

22. Diagonalize following matrices by using Similar Transformations, and then find :
1 0 1 −2 1 0
3 2
(a) A    (b) A  0 3 2 (c) = −4 3 0
2 6 0 0 2 1 0 3

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