EXERCISES
Chapter 1: Matrix – Determinant
August 22, 2022
Exercises 1.1: Define matrices:
; ;
a) Compute:
b) Compute p(A), where
Exercises 1.2: Define matrix
a) Verify that: ,
b) Compute ,
Exercises 1.3: Find the matrix such that where:
a) b)
Exercises 1.4: Let be symmetric matrices.
a) Prove that A + B, are also symmetric matrices.
b) AB is symmetric if and only if AB = BA.
Exercises 1.5: Let be skewsymmetric matrices.
a) Prove that A + B, are also skewsymmetric matrices.
b) AB is skewsymmetric if and only if AB = - BA.
Exercise 1.6: Let , prove that there exists only a pair of matrices B, C where B is
symmetric and C is skewsymmetric such that A = B + C.
Exercises 1.7: Let satisfy: AB = BA. Prove that:
a)
b)
Exercises 1.8: Define matrix
a) Prove that A is a solution of the polynomial
b) Prove that if there is a positive integer k such that Ak = O, then A2 = O.
Exercises 1.9: Let , we define Prove that:
a) ;
b) There are no matrices such that .
Exercise 1.10: Define matrix . Compute
Exercises 1.11: Compute:
a) b) c)
d) e)
f) Define matrix and .Compute
g) Define matrix and . Compute
Exercise 1.12: Let . Prove that A is commutative with all matrices if
and only if .
Exercise 1.13: Let . Prove that A is commutative with all diagonal matrices
if and only if A is a diagonal matrix.
Exercise 1.14: Using only the definition of the determinant, calculate the coefficient of x4
and x2 in:
Exercises 1.15: We know that 1020, 1054, 255, 544 are all divisible by 17. Without
calculating the determinant,
prove that is divisible by 17.
Exercises 1.16: Let ε be the 3rd root of 1( ). Compute:
a) ; b)
Exercise 1.17: Let α, β, γ be the solutions of the equation . Compute:
Exercises 1.18: Compute:
a) b)
Exercises 1.19: Solve the equations:
a)
Exercises 1.20: 6) How will the determinant of two square matrices of order n change if:
a) Change sign of every element?
b) Write the rows in reverse order?
c) Rotate the determinant 90 degrees (anticlockwise ngược chiều kim đồng hồ)?
d) Multiply (i,j) entry by 2012i-j ?
e) Change the sign of all (i,j) entries, where i+j is odd.
f) Change the sign of all (i,j) entries, where i+j is even?
Exercises 1.21: Let A be nn antisymmetric matrix with n odd. Prove that det A = 0.
Exercise 1.22: Prove that if an nn determinant has elements at the intersection of k rows, l
columns are all 0, and k + l > n, then the determinant is 0.
Exercise 1.23: Let two distinct real numbers a, b and be a 66 matrix determined
by:
Assume that . Calculate α4.
Exercises 1.24: Prove that:
a)
b)
Exercises 1.25: Compute the following nn determinants:
a) b) c)
Exercises 1.26: Compute the following nn determinants:
a) b)
Exercise 1.27: Compute the following nn determinants:
Exercises 1.28: Compute the following nn determinants:
a) b) c)
Exercises 1.29: Compute the following nn determinants:
a)
b)
c)
Exercises 1.30: Solve the following equations:
a) b)
Exercises 1.31: Compute the following determinants:
a) b)
c) d)
e) f)
Exercises 1.32: Find the ranks of the following matrices:
a) b)
c) d)
e) f)
g) h)
Exercises 1.33: Find the ranks of the following matrices:
a) b)
c) d)
e)
Exercises 1.34: Find the ranks of the following matrices:
a) cấp n b) cấp 2n
Exercises 1.35: Let A be a square matrix, the adjoint matrix of A (i.e. )
Prove that
Exercises 1.36: Prove that if , then
Exercises 1.37: Find the inverse matrices of the following matrices:
a) b) c)
Exercises 1.38: Find the inverse matrices of the following matrices:
a) b)
c) d)
Exercises 1.39: Find the inverse matrices of the following nn matrices:
a) b)
c) d)
Exercises 1.40: Let A,B be matrices that satisfy AB = BA and there exist k,l such
that . Prove that the matrix I + A + B is invertible.
Exercises 1.41: Let A be an nn matrix. Prove that if A is not invertible, then the elements
can be replaced by the real numbers 0 or 1 and the other elements remain the
same to obtain a new invertible matrix.