Chapter I.

Matrices and determinants

1. Find matrix X, satisfying:

1 2 3 0
1 2
a)
+ 2X =

3 4 2 1
5 7
1 3 2 2 5 6 0 6 6
1
b) X 3 4 1 1 2 5 = 2 9 2

2
2 5 3 1 3 2 4 8 6
2. Find all the second-order matrices, satisfying:

a) X 2 = 0 0
0 0

1 0
b) X 2 =

0 1

3. Compute the following third-order determinants

2 1 3
a) 5 3 2
1 4 3

a b c
b) b c a
c a b

d) 1

1 2 , ( = cos

2
2
+ isin )
3
3

4. Without computing determinant, using the properties of determinant to prove:

a1 + b1x
a)

a1 b1x

a1

b1

c1

a 2 + b 2 x a 2 b 2 x c 2 = 2x a 2

b2

c2

a 3 + b3x

b3

c3

a 3 b3x

c1
c3

a3

1 a bc 1 a a 2
b) 1 b ac = 1 b b 2
1 c ab 1 c c 2

1 a a3
1 a a2
c) 1 b b3 = (a + b + c) 1 b b 2
1 c c3
1 c c2

5. Prove that not exist matrices A and B satisfy: AB-BA=I.

6. Solving the following matrices-equations.

2 -1 -1
2 1 -1

a)
-1 3 2 +X
1
1
2

3 -2 2

1
3

2 -3
2 1 -1
1 -4 =
-2 3 1

1 -3

2 -1 -1 1 -2 -1 1 2
b) -1 3 2 2 1 + -2 1 3 X =

3 -2 2 3 1 1 1 -1

2 3
1 2

1 1

a b
7. Prove that the matrix A =
satisfies the following equaltion:
c d

x 2 (a + d)x + ad bc = 0 .
8. Prove that, if A is an nth order matrix, satisfying a k A k + a k1A k1 +!+ a1A + a 0 E = 0,(a 0 0)
then A is invertible.

9. Find rank of the following matrices:

4
8

b) B = 4

4
8

1 3 5 1
2 1 1 4

a) A =
5 1 1 7

7 7 9 1

3 5 2
6 7 4

3
2
3 8 2 7

3 1 2 5
6 1 4 6

10. Find matrix X, satisfing:

1 2 3 2 0 -1
3 4 5 1 9 6

a) 0 5 4 -1 3 2 +X 2 3 1 = 2 4 7

6 0 5 0 -2 1
3 5 1 3 5 8

1 -1 2 1 2 1 2 3
b) -1 0 2 0 1 + 3 1 4 X =

3 -2 1 1 1 1 1 3

1 2
0 1

2 3

1 2 3
11. Let the matrix A = 2 4 1 and the map

3 5 3
f : Mat(!;3) Mat(!;3)
! f ( X ) = 3X 2 + 2 X + 5E

X
Compute f ( A) .
12. Compute A n .

a) A = 2 1
3 2

b)

A = cos x sin x
sin x cos x

c)

A = 2 1
3 1

1+ i

1 i i

12. Compute the following determinants

4 0 5
a) 1 5 8
3 2 3

a b c
b) c a b
b c a

14. Solve the equation

15. Let A = a ij

nn

1 x x2
1 2 4

x3
8

1 3 9 27
1 4 16 64

c)

= 0.

be a complex matrix, satisfing a ij = a ji . Prove that det(A) is a real

number.
16. Find inverse matrices of the following matrices:

 1 a 0 0
0 1 a 0
3 4

.
a) A =
b)
C
=

0
0
1

a
5 7

0 0 0 1
17. Find rank of the following matrices according to parameter .
3 1 2
1 4 7 2

a) A =
1 10 17 4

4 1 3 3

1 2
1
b) B =
1

1 2

1 1 1
1 1 1
0 1 1

2 1 1

18. Let A v B be n th order real matrices, and a, b are real number, a, b 0 such that
AB+aA+bB = 0. Prove: AB=BA