Tutorial Sheet – 1

(Linear Algebra)

1. Write the vector r  4, 9, 19  as a linear combination of

𝑢 = (1, −2,3), 𝑢 = (3, −7,10), 𝑢 = (2,1,9).

2. Check whether the following sets of vectors linearly independent or dependent?

a) (3,-2,0,4), (5,0,0,1), (-6,1,0,1), (2,0,0,3)
b) (3,4,7), (2,0,3), (8,2,3), (5,5,6)
c) (1,1,0), (1,0,0), (1,1,1)

3. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrices:

8 0 4  1 2 3 4
8 2 5  0 2 0 2
    3 4 5
(a) A= 16 6 29  (b) A= (c) A= 
4 0 2 3 4 5 6
 4 0  7    
0 4 0 4 5 6 7
4. Find all real λ for which the rank of the matrix A is 2,

1 2 3 1  1 1 1 1
(a) A= 2 5 3   (b) A= 1 2  1  
1 1 6   1 5 7 1 2
 

5. Solve the system

𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3
𝒂𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 10
2𝑥 + 7𝑦 + 𝒂𝑧 = 𝒃
 For which values of a does the system have a unique solution?
 Find those pairs of values (a, b) for which the system has more than one
solution.

6. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Elimination Method:

(a) 3.0𝑥 + 6.2𝑦 = 0.2 (b) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3

2.1𝑥 + 8.5𝑦 = 4.3 2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
6𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 6.
(c) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 − 5𝑤 = 8
0.6𝑥 + 1.5𝑦 + 1.5𝑧 − 5.4𝑤 = 2.7
1.2𝑥 − 0.3𝑦 − 0.3𝑧 + 2.4𝑤 = 2.1

7. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Jordan Method:

a) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3 b) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 9
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8
6𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 6 3𝑥 − 𝑧 = 3
8. Determine the inverse of the following matrices by Gauss-Jordan Method:

1 2 5   1 0 0 1 2  9
(a) A= 0  1 2  (b) A= 2 1 0   2  4 19 
(c) A=  
2 4 11 5 4 1  0  1 2 

9. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices:

4  2 3 2 2 1
5  2  1 3
(a) A=   (b) A= 4 5 (c) A=  2 1 6 (d) A= 1 3 1 
9  6     1 2 2 1 2 2

10. Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the following matrices:

2 1 1
1 2
(a) A=   (b) A=  1 2  1
2 1  1  1 2 

11. Find the inverse of matrix A using Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem:

 3 2 4 0 1 0 0
7 2  2 0
5 3  4 3 2  6  1 2   0 1 0
(a) A=   (b) A=   (c) A=   (d) A=
3 2  0 0 0 1
 6 2  1
2 4 3 
1 0 0 0

100
12. Use Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem to find A , where
1 0 0
1 1
(a) A=   (b) A= 1 0 1
0 1 0 1 0

13. Define 𝐴 = 𝑃 𝐴𝑃.

 Prove that A and similar matrix 𝐴 have the same eigenvalues.
 Also prove that if x is an eigenvector of A, then 𝑦 = 𝑃 𝑥 is an eigenvector of 𝐴 .
Here A, P are the following matrices:
 4 0 0 4 0 6 
3 4  5 2 12  2 0  
(a) A=  4  3 , P= 2 1 (b) A=   , P= 0 2 0 
    21  6 1 6 0 10

14. Diagonalize the following matrices by using Similar Transformations:

1 0 1  3 10  15
 3 2
(a) A=   ( b) A= 0 3 2 (c) A=   18 39 9 
2 6 0 0 2  24 40  15

*********** END **********