Tutorial Sheet2
Tutorial Sheet2
2. Find all the solutions of the following homogeneous systems Ax = 0, where A is given as
the following
3 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1
(a) 1 −2 3 (b) 1 1 1 1 −1 1 1 −1
(c)
1 5 −4 1 2 6 12 −1 −1 1 1
1 1 −1 1
x − ky + z = 0
kx + 3y − kz = 0
3x + y − z = 0
4. Determine which of the following systems are consistent and find all its solutions for the
consistent systems
x 1 1 1 x 7
1 −2 1 2 1
y (c) 1 2 3 y = 16
(a) 1 1 −1 1 z
= 2
1 3 4 z 22
1 7 −5 −1 4
w
1 4 7 x 1 1 −4 7 x 8
(b) 2 5 8 y = 2 (d) 3 8 −2 y = 6
1 2 3 z 1 7 −8 26 z 3
5. Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors of the following matrices.
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
(a) A = 0 1 1 (b) A = 0 1 0 (c) A = 0 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
6. Verify the Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix A. Find A−1 , if it exists, where A is
1 0 −4 1 −2 1
(a) A = 0 5 4 (b) A = 2 3 −2
−4 4 3 3 1 −1