IMSC - II Semester (SP/2017) IMM2001MATHEMATICS- II

TUTORIAL SHEET- 2
Module III: Matrices - I

1 2 3
 
1. Show that the square matrix 
3 4 5

can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric and
 5 6 7 

a skew - symmetric matrix.

 1 1 i 2

2. Prove that the matrix   1  i 3 i



is Hermitian.
 2  i 0 

3. Prove that the following matrices are skew - Hermitian

 0 1  i
i)    
 1  i 0 

 i 3  2i  2  i
 
ii)    3  2i 0 3  4i
 
 2  i  3  4i  2 i 

2  i 3  1  3i  
4. If    . Show that   is a Hermitian matrix.
 5 i 4  2i 

  i     i 
5. Show that the matrix     is a unitary matrix, if
   i   i 

       1.
2 2 2 2

1  0 1  2i
6. Show that (    )(    ) is a unitary matrix, where     and  is the
 1  2i 0 

identity matrix.
1 2 3
 
7. Find the inverse of the matrix   2 4 5 using Gauss - Jordan method.
 
 3 5 6 

 1  3 2 
 
Ans.:  3 3 1
 
 2 1 0 

8. Evaluate the rank of the following matrices:

 4 2 3 
 
i)   8 4 6 Ans.: 1
 
  2 1  1 . 5 

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 8 1 3 6
 
ii)   0 3 2 2 Ans.: 3
 
  8 1  3 4 

1 2 3 
 
9. Find the value of k such that rank of 2 k 7 is 2. Ans: k  4.
 
 3 6 10 

10. By reducing the following matrices into normal form, determine their rank

1 2 3 4 
 
i)   2 4 4 3 Ans.: 3
 
 3 0 5  10 

1 2 3 0
 
2 4 3 2
ii)     Ans.: 3
3 2 1 3
 
6 8 7 5

3  3 4 
  1
11. If   2

 3 4 , find

two non – singular matrices PAQ  Ι. Hence, find  .
 0 1  1 

 1 1 0 
1  
Hint: A  ΙAI,.    2 3  4
 
  2 3  3 

12. Using rank method, find whether the following equations are consistent or not.
x  y  2 z  4 ; 2 x  y  3 z  9 ;3 x  y  z  2

If consistent, solve them. Ans.: x  1, y   1, z  2

13. Determine the values of a and b for which the system

x  2 y  3 z  6 ; x  3 y  5 z  9 ; 2 x  5 y  az  b

has i) no solution; ii) unique solution; iii) infinite number of solutions. Also, find the
solutions in case ii) and iii).
14. Find the value of  , for which the system of equations:
3 x  y  4 z  3; x  2 y  3 z   2 ;6 x  5 y   z   3 will have infinite number of
solutions and solve them with that  value. Ans.:   5
15. Determine k such that system of equations
2 x  y  2 z  0 ; x  y  3 z  0 ; 4 x  3 y  kz  0

has i) trivial solution ii) non-trivial solution. Ans: k  8 , k  8

16. Check whether the following equations will have a non-trivial solution or not:
4 x  2 y  z  3 w  0 ;6 x  3 y  4 z  7 w  0 ; 2 x  y  w  0

If non - trivial solution exists, find the solution.

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17. Examine the following vectors for linear dependence: (1, 0 , 3 ,1 ); ( 0 ,1,  6 ,  1 ) and ( 0 , 2 ,1, 0 )
in R 4 . Ans. Linear independence
18. Show that the given system of vectors:
 1  ( 2 , 2 ,1 ) ;   (1 , 3 ,1 ) ; 
T T
 (1 , 2 , 2 )
T
2 3

are linearly independent.

19. Find the value of  for which the vectors (  1,  2 ,  ), ( 2 ,  1, 5 ) and (3, 5 ,7  ) are linearly
5
dependent. Ans.:
7
20. Using matrix, show that the set of vectors: (1, 2 ,  3 , 4 ), ( 3 ,  1, 2 ,1 ) and (1,  5 , 8 ,  7 ) are
linearly dependent.