Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
Department of Mathematics & Computing
Mathematics-II (MAFC0102)
Tutorial Cum Assignment Sheet-I
1. Which of the following are row-equivalent
1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 −1
1 0 2
(i) 3 −1 1 , 0 2 10 , (ii) 0 −1 1 , 0 1 0 (iii) 1 1 0 , .
0 2 10
5 −1 5 2 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 3 −1
2. Solve the following systems (using Gauss Elimination) or indicate the nonexistence of
solutions:
(i) 4y − 4z = 24, 3x − 11y − 2z = −6, 6x − 17y + z = 18, (ii) x + y − 2z =
0, −4w − x − y + 2z = −4, −2w + 3x + 3y − 6z = −2, (iii) y + z = −2, 4y + 6z =
−12, x + y + z = 2.
3. Find the rank of the following matrices
8 0 4
0 −2 1 3 1 1 a 8 2 5
a b −c 0 2 0
(i) 1 4 0 7 (ii) (iii) (iv) 1 a 1 (v) 16 6 29
b a c 4 0 2
5 5 5 5 a 1 1 4 0 −7
0 4 0
4. Are the following sets of vectors linearly independent? Give details.
(i) [3 -2 0 4], [5 0 0 1], [-6 1 0 1], [2 0 0 3] (ii) [6 0 3 1 4 2], [0 -1 2 7 0
5], [12 3 0 -19 8 -11] (iii) [3 4 1] [2 0 3], [8 2 3], [5 5 6]
5. Determine which of the following systems are consistent and find all the solutions for
the consistent systems.
2 −3 1 x −2 1 1 1 x 3 1 −4 7 x 8
(i) 1 −1 2
y = 3 (ii) 3 −9 2
y = −4 (iii) 3
8 −2 y = 6
2 1 −3 z −2 5 −3 4 z 6 7 −4 26 z 3
6. Find the values of a and b for which the equations x + ay + z = 3, x + 2y + 2z =
b, x + 5y + 3z = 9 are consistent. When will these equations have a unique solutions?
7. Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors
3 5 3 6 5 2 4 2 −2 2 0 −1
cos θ − sin θ
(i) 0 4 6 , (ii) 2 0 −8 , (iii) , (iv) 2 5 0 (v) 0 1/2 0
sin θ cos θ
0 0 1 5 4 0 −2 0 3 1 0 4
8. Show that A−1 exists if and only if the eigenvalues λ1 , · · · , λn are all nonzero, and then
A−1 has the eigenvalues 1/λ1 , · · · , 1/λn .
9. Let A be an n × n matrix and α be a scalar. Find the eigenvalues of A − αI in terms
of eigenvalues of A. Further show that A and A − αI have the same eigenvectors.
10. Justify your answers for the following set problems: (i) Do A and AT have same
eigenvectors? (ii) Are the eigenvalues of A + B sums of the eigenvalues of A and B?
(iii) Do there exist nonsingular skew-symmetric n × n matrices with odd n? (iv) Do
there exist skew-symmetric orthogonal 3 × 3 matrices?
11. Let A be an n × n matrix. Show that if A is idempotent A2 = A then its eigenvalues
are 0 and 1.
12. Let A be an n × n matrix. Show that if A is nilpotent (i.e. Am = O for some m ∈ N),
then all its eigenvalues are 0.
13. Find the matrix of eigenvectors and diagonalise. Show the details as well.
6 0 0 −1 −1 0 −5 −6 6
2 4
(i) (ii) 12 2
0 (iii) −1 −1 0 (iv) −9
−8 12
4 2
21 −6 9 0 0 2 −12 −12 16
14. Find the inverse of the following matrices using Calely Hamilton Theorem.
−1 −1 1 1 −2 −1
(i) 1 −1 1 (ii) −2 1 −1
0 1 1 0 −1 2
15. Let
1 1
A= ,
−1 1
evaluate A2020 .