Tutorial 1
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 1
Department of Mathematics
Matrix algebra, Calculus and probability
Tutorial 1
Part-I: Matrices
(3) Verify AB
= BA for the following
matrices.
cos α − sin α cos β − sin β 2 0 −5 0
(a) A = ,B= (b) A = ,B=
sin α cos α sin β cos β 0 −3 0 4
Whether matrix multiplication is commutative in general? Justify.
(5) Show that a square matrix can be written as sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew-
symmetric matrix.
(7) State whether the following statements are True or False. Justify your answers with
proper reason/ counter example.
(a) Matrix addition is commutative and associative.
(b) Matrix multiplication is neither commutative nor associative.
(c) If the matrices A, B, and C satisfy AB = AC, then B = C.
(d) (AB)T = AT B T .
(e) (A + B)T = AT + B T .
(f) Inverse of non-singular matrix is unique.
(g) Product of two invertible matrices is invertible.
(h) Sum of two singular matrices is singular.
(i) (A−1 )T = (AT )−1 .
1
a b 1 x
(8) Let A = . Find products AS and SA for the matrix S = . Describe in
c d 0 1
words the effect on A of this product.
Part-II: Determinants
(3) Find |A|, |B|, AB, |AB|, A + B, |A + B|. Verify that (a) |AB| = |A| |B| and (b)
|A + B| =
6 |A|
+ |B|.
−1 1 1 −1
A= ,B=
2 0 −2 0
(4) Let A and B be square matrices of order 4 such that |A| = −5 and |B| = 3. Find (a)
|AB| (b) |A3 | (c) |3B| (d) |(AB)T | and (e) |A−1 |.
(a) Find area of triangle with vertices (0, 0), (2, 0), (0, 3).
(b) Determine whether the points (1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6) are collinear.
(c) Find equation of line passing through the points (−4, 7), (2, 4).
(d) Find equation of the plane passing through the points (1, −2, 1), (−1, −1, 7), (2, −1, 3).
(e) Find volume of the tetrahedron having vertices (1, 1, 1), (0, 0, 0), (2, 1, −1), (−1, 1, 2).
(f) Determine whether (1, 2, 3), (−1, 0, 1), (0, −2, −5), (2, 6, 11) are coplanar.
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