PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore - 641 062
MA3151-Matrices & Calculus
Unit-I : Problems based on Properties of Eigen values and Eigenvectors
Part – A
3 4 4
1) Find the sum and product of the eigen values of the matrix 1 2 4
1 1 3
.
2) A is a singular matrix of order three, 2 and 3 are the eigen values. Find the third eigen value.
3) If A-1 = 1 2 4 , find eigen values of A.
24 2 8
3 1 4
4) Find the eigenvalues of A and A where A 0 2 6
1 2
0 0 5
1 1 3
5) If 3 and 6 are two eigenvalues of A 1 5 1 write down all the eigenvalues of A 1 .
3 1 1
6) If the eigen values of the matrix A of order 3 are 1,2,3, then find eigen values of adjoint of A.
7) If 0.5, 1.5 are eigenvalues of A = 1 find the value of α.
1 1
2 2 1
8) Two eigen values of the matrix A = 1 3 1 are equal to 1 each. Find the eigen values of A-1.
1 2 2
3
9) If X = is the eigenvector of a matrix A, find the eigen vector of A-1.
2
6 2 2
10) The product of two eigen values of the matrix A= 2 3 1 is 16. Find the third eigen
2 1 3
value.
2 0 1
11) If 2 and 3 are the eigen values of A = 0 2 0 find the value of α.
0 2
a 4
12) Find the values of a and b such that the matrix has 3 and -2 as its eigen values.
1 b
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8 6 2
13) If 3 and 15 are two eigen values of A = 6 7 4 , find |A| without expanding the
2 4 3
determinant.
3 1 1
14) Two of the eigen values of A = 1 -1
5 1 are 3 and 6. Find the eigen values of A .
1 1 3
1 2
15) If -1 is an eigen value of A= find the eigen values of A4 using properties.
3 2
16) If 1 and 2 are the eigen values of a 2x2 matrix A, what are the eigen values of A2and A-1?
3 1 4
17) Find the eigen values of A and A where A = 0 2 6
3 -1
0 0 5
18) If 2,1,3 are the eigenvalues of the matrix A , then find the eigen values of the matrix A2 2I .
19) If the sum of two eigen values and trace of a 3x3 matrix A are equal, find the value of |A|.
1 2 3
20) Find the eigen values of A given A= 0 2 7 .
3
0 0 3
21) For a given matrix A of order 3, A 32 and two of its eigen values are 8 and 2.
1
22) If α and β are the eigen values of 3 3 3
form the matrix whose eigen values are α and β .
1 5
cos sin
23) Show that is orthogonal.
sin cos
cos sin 0
24) Check whether the matrix B sin cos 0 is orthogonal? Justify.
0 1
0
25) The Eigen vectors of a 3x3 real symmetric matrix A corresponding to the eigenvalues 2,3,6 are
[1,0,-1]T, [1,1,1]T and [-1,2,-1]T respectively, find the matrix A.
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