MATH 120

Junaid Aftab Linear Algebra with Diff. Equations Tutorial 2

1. Use the matrices,

 
3 0    
4 −1 1 4 2
A = −1 2 , B =
  ,C = ,
0 2 3 1 5
1 1
to compute:
(AB)C, (C T B)AT , B T (C T C − AT A).

2. Derive the following result:

If A is an m × n matrix, and if x is an n × 1 column vector, then the product Ax can

be expressed as a linear combination of the column vectors of A in which the
coefficients are the entries of x.

3. Solve the following matrix equations for a, b, c, and d.

  
    1 1 0 k
a−b b+a 8 1

= , k 1 1  1 0 2   1 = 0.
3d + c 2d − c 7 6
1 1 −3 1

4. Assuming that all matrices are n × n and invertible, solve the following matrix equation
for D:
ABC T DBAT C = AB T .

5. Find the inverse of the following matrices:

e + e−x ex − e−x
 x 
 
cos θ sin θ
A =  x 2 −x 2 , Bθ = .
 
e −e ex + e−x  − sin θ cos θ
2 2
Note: You will later learn that Bθ is the matrix of rotations in the planes. Interpret the
inverse of Bθ geometrically.
6. Revise and sketch the details of Theorem 1.5.3, which is the main result of section 1.5
of the textbook.
7. Using Gaussian Elimination, find the inverse of the matrix:
 
1 2 3
2 5 3 .
1 0 8

8. Find all values of c, if any, for which the given matrix is invertible.
 
c c c
1 c c  .
1 1 c

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 9. Show that the matrix,  
0 a 0 0 0
b 0 c 0 0
 
0 d 0 e 0
 ,
0 0 f 0 g
0 0 0 h 0
is not invertible for any values of the entries.

10. Argue that if A is an invertible matrix and B is row equivalent to A, then B is also
invertible.

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