Mathematics II Tutorial: Systems & Eigenvalues
Mathematics II Tutorial: Systems & Eigenvalues
3. Determine the conditions for which the system of equation has (a) unique solution, (b)
many solutions, (c) no solution.
2x + 2y + 3z =0 x + 2y + z =1
A. 4x + 8y + 12z = − 4 B. 2x + y + 3z =b
6x + 2y + az = − b x + ay + 3z =b + 1
4. Solve the following system of equations using LU Decomposition method
x + y + z =1 x + y + z =3
A. 4x + 3y − z =6 B. 2x − y − z =3
3x + 5y + 3z =4 x − y + z =9
5. Find the eigen values and the corresponding eigen vectors of the following matrices
1 2 2 −2 2 −3 8 −6 2
A. 0 2 1 B. 2 1 −6 C. −6 7 −4
−1 2 2 −1 −2 0 2 −4 3
6. Check whether the following matrices are diagonalisable or not. Also find P such that
P −1 AP is diagonal if possible.
1 0 −1 3 1 −1
A. 1 2 1 B. −2 1 2
2 2 3 0 1 2
−14 3 −36 37 −8 86
7. Let A = −20 5 −48 and B = 24 −3 58. The characteristic polynomial of
5 −1 13 −13 3 30
both matrices is ∆ = (t − 1)2 (t − 2). Find the minimal polynomial m(t) of each matrix.
8. Let V be the set of all ordered pairs (a, b) of real numbers. Show that V is not a vector
space over R with addition and scalar multiplication defined by
A. (a, b) + (c, d) = (a + d, b + c) and k(a, b) = (ka, kb),
B. (a, b) + (c, d) = (0, 0) and k(a, b) = (ka, kb).
9. Determine whether or not each of the following lists of vectors in R3 is linearly dependent:
A. {(2, 3, 1), (2, 1, 3), (1, 1, 1)},
B. {(1, 2, 3), (1, 0, −1), (0, 2, 1)}.
10. Consider the subspace U of R4 spanned by the vectors u1 = (1, 1, 1, 1), u2 = (1, 1, 2, 4), u3 =
(1, 2, −4, −3). Apply Gram-Schmidt process to obtain an orthonormal basis.