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Tech ist Semester, Autumn-2023

Assignment - 1
Q.1. Determine the rank of the following matrices.  
  3 4 5 6 7
1 2 −2 3
4 5 6 7 8
 
 
 2 5 −4 6    
(a) A =  (b) A =  5 6 7 8 9
 
 −1 −3 2 −2 
  
10 11 12 13 14
 
2 4 −1 6
 
15 16 17 18 19
Q.2. Find the value of b such that the rank of the given matrix is 3.
 
1 1 −1 0
 4 4 −3 1 
A=
 

 b 2 2 2 
9 9 b 3

Q.3. Find the value of k such that the rank of the given matrix is 2.
 
1 2 3
A= 2 k 7 
 

3 6 10

Q.4. Reduce the following matrix to column Echelon form and find its rank.
 
1 1 −1 1
 −1 1 −3 −3 
A=
 

 1 0 1 2 
1 −1 3 3

Q.5. Find the rank of the given matrix by reducing it to normal form.
 
2 −2 0 6
 4 2 0 2 
A=
 
 1 −1 0

3 
1 −2 1 2

Q.6. Reduce the given matrix to Echelon form and then to its row canonical form.
 
1 3 −1 2
 0 11 −5 3 
A=
 
 2 −5 3

1 
4 1 1 5

Q.7. Solve the following systems of equations.

(a) 4x - 3y - 9z + 6w = 0, 2x + 3y + 3z + 6w = 6, 4x - 21y -39z - 6w = -24

(b) x + 2y - 2z = 1, 2x - 3y + z = 0, 5x + y - 5z = 1, 3x + 14y - 12z = 5
Q.8. Determine the values of λ for which the following systems of equations may
possess non trivial solution.

(a) 3x + y - λz = 0, 4x - 2y - 3z = 0, 2λx + 4y + λz = 0.
Q.9. Determine the values of a and b for which the system.

x + 2y + 3z = 6, x + 3y + 5z = 9, 2x + 5y + az = b

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 has (i) no solution (ii) unique solution (iii) infinite number of solutions.
Find the solutions in case of (ii) and (iii).
 
1 2 0
Q.10. Verify the Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix A =  −1 1 2 
 

1 2 1
Also (i) Obtain A− 1 and A3
(ii) Find eigenvalues of A, A2 and verify that eigenvalues of A2 are squares of
those of A.

Q.11. Find the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors for the following matrices
   
1 0 0 1 1 0
(a)A =  0 2 1  (b)A =  0 1 1 
   

2 0 3 0 0 1
   
8 −6 2 −2 2 −3
(c)A =  −6 7 −4  (d)A =  2 1 −6 
   

2 −4 3 −1 −2 0
 
−2 2 −3
Q.12. For the matrix A =  2 1 −6 , find the eigen values of 3A3 +5A2 −6A+2I.
 

−1 −2 0
Q.13. Reduce the quadratic form x2 + y 2 + 2z 2 − 2xy + 4xz + 4yz to canonical form.

Q.14. Find the nature, index and signature of the quadratic form
10x2 + 2y 2 + 5z 2 − 4xy − 10xz + 6yz.

Q.15. Find the orthogonal transformation which transforms the quadratic form
x2 + 3y 2 + 3z 2 − 2yz to canonical form.
!
2 3 + 4ι
Q.16. Show that the matrix A =
3 − 4ι 2
is Hermitian. Find its eigen values and eigen vectors.