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(Topic: Matrices)
Matrices)

Q. No.
1.

Statement
Define the following matrices with examples:
1. Transpose of a matrix and their properties
2. Conjugate of a matrix and their properties
3. Transposed conjugate of a matrix and their properties
4. Symmetric, skew-symmetric matrices and their properties
5. Hermitian, skew-Hermitian matrices and their properties
6. Normal matrix, Orthogonal (orthonormal) matrix and Unitary matrix

2.

7 4i 2 + 5i
3

2
3 + i is a Hermitian matrix.
Show that 7 + 4i
2 5i 3 i
4

3.

5 2 1
Factorize the matrix A = 7 1 5 into LU, where L is lower triangular matrix
3 7
4
and U is the upper triangular matrix.

4.

1 + 2i
0
Given that A =
, show that (1 A )(1 + A )1 is a unitary matrix.

0
1 + 2i

5.

1 2 3
Determine the rank of the following matrices: 1 4 2 .
2 6 5

6.

Use Gauss-Jordan method to find inverse of the following matrices:

2 1 1
(i) 0 2 1 , (ii)
5 2 3

7.

8 4 3
2 1 1 ,

1 2 1

3 3 4
If A = 2 3 4 find A1 . Also find two non-singular matrices P and Q such that
0 1 1

PAQ = I, where I is the unit matrix and verify that A 1 = QP .

8.

Are the vectors x1 = (1, 3, 4, 2), x 2 = ( 3, 5, 2, 2 ) and x 3 = (2, 1, 3, 2) linearly

dependent? If so express one of these as a linear combination of the others.

9.

Show that the system of equations AX = B is consistent, i.e., possesses a solution iff the
coefficient matrix A and the augmented matrix K = (A:B) are of the same rank.
Otherwise, the system is inconsistent.

10.

Investigate the values of and so that the equations

2 x + 3y + 5z = 9 , 7 x + 3y 2 z = 8 , 2 x + 3y + z = , have

(i) no solution, (ii) a unique solution and (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
11.

For what values of k the equations x + y + z = 1 , 2 x + y + 4 z = k ,

4x + y + 10z = k 2 have a solution and solve them completely in each case.

12.

Show that the equations 3x + 4 y + 5z = a , 4 x + 5 y + 6 z = b , 5 x + 6 y + 7 z = c

do not have a solution unless a + c = 2b .

13.

Define characteristic matrix, characteristic polynomial, characteristic equation,

characteristic roots, characteristic vector.

14.

If be an eigen value of a non-singular matrix A. Show that

is an eigen value of

matrix adj. A.
15.

1 1 3
Find the eigen values and eigen vectors of the matrix 1 5 1 .
3 1 1

16.

Show that any eigen vectors corresponding to two distinct eigen values of a unitary
matrix are orthogonal.

17.

State and prove Cayley Hamilton Theorem.

18.

1 4
Find the characteristic roots of the matrix A =
and verify Cayley-Hamilton
2 3
theorem for this matrix. Find the inverse of the matrix A and also express
A5 4A 4 7A 3 + 11A 2 A 10 I as a linear polynomial in A.

19.

If a square matrix A of order n has n linearly independent eigen vectors, then show that
a matrix P can be found such that P 1AP is a diagonal matrix.

20.

Reduce the quadratic form x 2 4 y 2 + 6z 2 + 2 xy 4 xz + 2 w 2 6zw into the sum of

squares.

21.

Reduce

8x 2 + 7 y 2 + 3z 2 12 xy + 4 xz 8 yz into canonical form by orthogonal

transformation.