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MA 101

LINEAR ALGEBRA
TUTORIAL–1

Notation: V denotes a real vector space.


(1) Let A and B be two n × n matrix. Show that if AB = BA then the following
holds:
m  
m
X m m−i i
(A + B) = A B.
i=0
i
What happens when AB 6= BA.
b1
 
  b2  T
(2) Let A = a1 a2 · · · an and B = 
 ... . Compute AB and BA. Are AB

bn
T
and A B defined?
(3) Show that every square matrix can be written as a sum of symmetric and
skew symmetric matrix. Further show that if A and B are symmetric then
AB is symmetric if and only if AB = BA.    
x x
(4) Let A, B be two 2×2 real matrices such that A =B for all x, y ∈ R.
y y
Show that A = B.
(5) Apply Gauss elimination method to the following system
2x + y + 2z = 3
3x − y + 4z = 7
4x + 3y + 6z = 5
(6) Find the rank  of the following
 matrices:
  1 2 3 4
1 2 0 2 3 4
, 0 0 3 4 .
 
2 4
0 0 0 4
(7) What is a rank of a n × n upper triangular matrix whose none of the diagonal
entries are zero? Explain your answer.
(8) Use Gauss-Jordan method to find inverse of the following matrices. Also write
these
 matricesas a product
 of elementary
  matrices.
2 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 −1
0 3 −1 , −1 3 0 , 0 1 1  .
4 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 7
(9) Find
 a row equivalent matrix in row echelon form for the following matrix.
0 1 3 −2 1 0 2
2 1 −4 3  , 2 −1 3 .
2 3 2 −1 4 1 8
(10) Prove that every matrix is row equivalent to a matrix in row echelon form.
(11) In R, consider the addition x ⊕ y = x + y − 1 and a.x = a(x − 1) + 1. Show
that R is a real vector space with respect to these operations with additive
identity 1.
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(12) Which of the following Pn subsets of R are subspaces of R (n ≥ 3):
i) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : Pi=0 xi = 0};
ii) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : ni=0 xi = π};
iii) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : x1 + x3 = 0};
iv) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : x1 xn = 0};
v) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : x1 = x2n };
vi) {(x1 , . . . , xn ) : x2 ≤ 0}.
(13) If U, W are subspaces of a vector space V, show that U ∩ W = {w|w ∈
U and w ∈ W } and U + W = {u + w|u ∈ U, w ∈ W } are also subspaces of V .
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