Exercises
Matrices and matrix operations
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1. Linear combination of two matrices
Given the matrices
compute .
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2. Equation with the transpose
Given the matrices
find the matrix such that .
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3. Products of rectangular matrices
Given the matrices
compute, if defined, the products and .
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4. Checking commutativity
Determine whether the matrices
commute.
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5. Row echelon reduction and pivots
Reduce the matrix
to row echelon form and indicate how many pivots are obtained and in which columns.
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6. Reduced row echelon form
Find the reduced row echelon form of the matrix
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7. Inverse of a 2 × 2 matrix
Compute with the Gauss-Jordan method the inverse of the matrix
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8. Inverse of a 3 × 3 matrix
Compute with the Gauss-Jordan method the inverse of the matrix
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9. Invertibility depending on a parameter
Find the values of the real parameter for which the matrix
is invertible.
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10. Powers of a matrix whose square is the identity
Compute for every integer , where
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11. Matrix equation with an invertible matrix
Solve the matrix equation , where
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12. Matrices that commute with a rotation
Find all matrices that commute with
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13. Inverse from a polynomial identity
Given the matrix
verify that and use it to find without row reduction.
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