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Math 2J, Spring 2012
May 2, 2012
Instructor: Christoph Weiss
Full name:
Student #:
You have 50 minutes to complete the test. It consists of 4 Problems each worth 10 points. You
are not allowed to use any aid but a pen(cil).
If you need more space than what is offered under each problem, use the blank pages at the end
and clearly point out which problem the text on them refers to! If you need additional sheets of
paper, raise your hand and we will give them to you. Write your name on the additional sheets of
paper and again clearly point out which problem you are answering! If your name or the problem
number is missing, your answers on the blank pages at the end or on additional sheets of paper
might not be graded.
If you write down more than one solution, clearly mark which one should be graded! (For example
by crossing out the others.) If there are more than one solution, all will graded and the worst one
determines your score on the problem.
An incorrect answer in Problem 1 will give you a minus point, so you might want to leave a
question unanswered if you do not know the answer. Negative points will not carry over to other
problems though, so the minimum score for Problem 1 is zero.
All matrices are considered to be real matrices!
Problem 1 (10 points) Mark if the following statements are true or false. You do not need to
provide an explanation.
1. If A is an (n n)-matrix and its rows are linearly dependent, then the rows of AT are linearly
dependent.
True
False
2. If A and B are (n n)-matrices with the same characteristic polynomial, then A and B have
the same eigenvalues.
True
False
False
False
False
False
False
False
False
False
Problem 2 Let
2 3 5
A B 1 1 0 .
1 4 4
b) (6 points) Since det A , 0, A is regular. Compute det(A1 ), det(A + A + A), and det(1000A).
Solution:
det(A1 ) =
1
1
=
det A 5
4 3 0
A B 2 3 0 ,
0 0 5
that is, find (3 3)-matrices D and X such that D is a diagonal matrix and
A = XDX 1 .
Solution:
0
4 3
4
3
3
0 = (5 )
pA () = 2
2
3
0
0
5
= (5 )(2 + 6) = (5 )(2 )(3 ),
so the eigenvalues of A are 1 = 5, 2 = 2, and 3 = 3. To find an eigenvector belonging to the
eigenvalue 1 , we solve (A 5I)x1 = 0 and get that x1 = (0 0 1)T is an eigenvector belonging
to 1 . To find an eigenvector belonging to the eigenvalue 2 , we solve (A 2I)x2 = 0 and get
that x2 = (1 2 0)T is an eigenvector belonging to 2 . To find an eigenvector belonging to the
eigenvalue 3 , we solve (A + 3I)x2 = 0 and get that x3 = (3 1 0)T is an eigenvector belonging to
2 . Thus for
0 1 3
X B 0 2 1
1 0 0
and
5 0 0
D B 0 2 0
0 0 3
we have
A = XDX 1 .
Solution: We have
A(BA) = (AB)A = A
(1)