Prof. Alex Suciu           MTH1230 Linear Algebra              Spring 2001

Final Exam: Solutions


Problem 1

A={{1,6,-7},{2,2,1},{5,4,4}};
MatrixForm[A]
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NullSpace[A]
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Solve[A.{x,y,z}=={-2,1,3},{x,y,z}]
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Problem 2

A={{1,2,3,4,5},{6,7,8,9,10},{11,12,13,14,15},
{16,17,18,19,20}};
RowReduce[A]
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NullSpace[A]
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Length[NullSpace[Transpose[A]]]
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Length[NullSpace[A]]
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4-Length[NullSpace[Transpose[A]]]
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5-Length[NullSpace[A]]
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Problem 3

A={{0,1},{1,1},{2,1},{3,1}};  y={2,1,4,6};
Transpose[A].A
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Inverse[Transpose[A].A]
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PseudoInverse[A]
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{m,b}=Inverse[Transpose[A].A].Transpose[A].y
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4*m+b
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Problem 4

<<LinearAlgebra`Orthogonalization`
GramSchmidt[{{0,3,4},{0,2,1},{1,2,3}}]
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Abs[Det[{{0,3,4},{0,2,1},{1,2,3}}]]
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Problem 5

A={{Cos[120*Degree],0,-Sin[120*Degree]},{0,-1,0},
{Sin[120*Degree],0,Cos[120*Degree]}}
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Det[A]
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Transpose[A] . A == IdentityMatrix[3]
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Inverse[A]
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A.{-2, 5, 1}
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N[%]
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Problem 6

A=DiagonalMatrix[{-2,1,3,4}];
Det[t*IdentityMatrix[4]-A]
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{Tr[A],Det[A]}
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Det[-2*A]
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Det[A+2*IdentityMatrix[4]]
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Eigenvalues[MatrixPower[A,3]]
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Det[A]=!=0
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Transpose[A].A==IdentityMatrix[4]
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Complement[Union[Eigenvalues[A]],Eigenvalues[A]]=={}
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Problem 7

S={{4,1},{2,1}}
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MatrixForm[S]
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d={{-2,0},{0,5}}
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Inverse[S]
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A=S.d.Inverse[S]
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Problem 8

A={{5,6,0},{7,6,0},{0,0,3}}
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Eigenvalues[A]
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S=Transpose[Eigenvectors[A]]
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d=DiagonalMatrix[Eigenvalues[A]]
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A==S.d.Inverse[S]
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Problem 9

A={{27,-12},{56,-25}};
MatrixForm[A]
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Simplify[MatrixPower[A,t]]
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S=Transpose[Eigenvectors[A]]
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MatrixForm[S]
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d=DiagonalMatrix[Eigenvalues[A]]
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S.MatrixPower[d,t].Inverse[S]
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Converted by Mathematica      June 7, 2001