Assignment - 1

1 a 1 b
1. Compute the product A = and B =
0 1 0 1
n
1 1
2. Compute Compute the product
0 1

3. Let D be the diagonal matrix [d1 d2 d3 dn ] Then

(a) If A = (aij ) is any n n matrix compute the product DA and AD.
(b) If B is any other diagonal matrix then what will be DB and BD?
(c) When is the diagonal matrix invertible?
4. Show that the equation AB BA = Id has no solution in n n matrix with real entries.

a b
5. Suppose that A commutes with every 2 2 matrix and in particular A = commutes with
c d

1 0 0 1
and . Show that a = d and b = c. Also show that if AB = BA for all matrices B
0 0 0 0
then A is multiple of identity.
6. By trial and error find examples of 2 2 matrices such that
(a) A2 = Id and A has only real entries.
(b)B 2 = 0 but B 6= 0.
(c) CD = DC but CD 6= 0.
(d) EF = 0 but E 6= 0 and F 6= 0.
7. If the inverse of A2 is B, show that the inverse of A is AB.
8. (a) If A is invertible
and AB = AC prove that B = C.
1 0
(b) If A = , find an example with AB = AC but B 6= C.
0 0

9. Give an examples of A and B such that

(a) A + B is not invertible though A and B are invertible.
(b) A + B is invertible though A and B are not invertible.

10. If A is invertible then which properties of A remain true for A1 ?

(a) A is triangular.
(b) A is symmetric.
(c) all entries are whole numbers.
(d) all entries are fractions(including numbers like 13 ).

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11. Show that A2 = 0 is possible but AT A = 0 is not possible if A 6= 0.

12. If A = AT and B = B T then which of these matrices are certainly symmetric?

(1) A2 B 2 (2) (A + B)(A B) (3) ABA (4) ABAB.

13. Suppose R is rectangular m n matrix and A is symmetric(m m).

(a) Show that RT AR symmetric. What is its order?
(b) Show that RT R has no negative numbers on its diagonal.