MEM 255: Introduction to Controls

Summer 2015
Home work # 0; Due: 06/25/15
Mark distribution: #1(10), #2( 15), #3(10), #4(5)
Performance Indicators: #1 (2), #2 (2), #3 (2), #4(2)
ABET a-2-k: #1 (k), #2 (a,k), #3(k), #4(k)
Objective: Review matrices and matlab usage.
You are encouraged to use matlab for this HW.
Problem 1 (10 points):
Rewrite the following equations in matrix form as Ax y , where x x1

x2

x3 .
T

x1 2 x2 3x3 1
2 x1 3x2 4 x3 2
3x1 4 x2 5 x3 3
Problem 2 (15 points)
Solve for x in Problem 1. Is the solution unique?
Problem 3 (10 points):
Let {1 , 2 , 3} and {1 ,2 ,3} be the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the A matrix in
Problem 1. Determine these eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Problem 4 (5 points)
Construct a matrix T 1 2 3 and compute Anew T 1 AT .