Question 3: (a) (4 points) Recall that the trace of a square matrix is the sum of all its entries...
A square matrix is called skew-symmetric if AT = -A. (a) (4 points) Explain why the main diagonal of a skew-symmetric matrix consists entirely of zeros. (b) (2 points) Provide examples of a 2 x 2 skew-symmetric matrix and a 3 x 3 skew-symmetric matrix. (6 points) Prove that if A and B are both n x n skew-symmetric matrices and c is a nonzero scalar, then A + B and cA are both skew-symmetric as well. (4 points) Find...
(10 points)The trace of a square nxn matrix is A, denoted tr(A), is the sum of its diagonal entries; that is, tr(A) = a11+2)2 +433 +: ... + ann (a) Show that tr(AB) = tr(BA) (b) Show that If A similar to B, then tr(A) = tr(B). (10 points) Let A and B are non-zero n x n matrices. (a) Show that N(A) = N(A2). Hint: Let 2 EN(A), show that is also in N(A2) and vice versa. (b) Show...
(1 point) The trace of a square n x n matrix A = (aii) is the sum ani + 022 + ... + ann of the entries on its main diagonal. Let V be the vector space of all 2 x 2 matrices with real entries. Let H be the set of all 2 x 2 matrices with real entries that have trace 1. Is Ha subspace of the vector space V? 1. Does H contain the zero vector of...
<Problem 2> Answer the following questions about the square matrix A of order 3: A= III. The square matrix B of order 3 is diagonalizable and meets AB=BA. prove that any eigenvector p of A is also an eigenvector of B. IV. Find the square matrix B of order 3 that meets B2 = A, where B is diagonalizable and all eigenvalues of B are positive. V. The square matrix X of order 3 is diagonalizable and meets AX =...
We say that an nxn matrix is skew-symmetric if A^T=-A. Let W be the set of all 2x2 skew-symmetric matrices: W = {A in m2x2(R) l A^T=-A}. (a) Show that W is a subspace of M2x2(R) (b) Find a basis for W and determine dim(W). (c) Suppose T: M2x2(R) is a linear transformation given by T(A)=A^T +A. Is T injective? Is T surjective? Why or why not? You do not need to verify that T is linear. 3. (17 points)...
4. Let A be an n x n matrix. Define the trace of A by the formula tr(A) = 2 . In other words, the trace of a matrix is the sum of the diagonal entries of the matrix. It is known that for two n x n matrices A and B, the trace has the property that tr(AB) = tr(BA). Each of the following holds more generally, for n x n matrices A and B, but in the interest...
(f) Let A be symmetric square matrix of order n. Show that there exists an orthogonal matrix P such that PT AP is a diagonal matrix Hint : UseLO and Problem EK〗 (g) Let A be a square matrix and Rn × Rn → Rn is defined by: UCTION E AND MES FOR THE la(x, y) = хтАУ (i) Show that I is symmetric, ie, 14(x,y) = 1a(y, x), if a d Only if. A is symmetric (ii) Show that...
8 and 11 Will h x n lower triangular matrices. Show it's a w It's a 8. Dan will represent the set of all n x n diagonal matrices. Show it's a subspace of Mr. 9. For a square matrix AE M , define the trace of A, written tr(A) to be the sum of the diagonal entries of A (i.e. if A= a) then tr(A) = 211 + a2 + ... + ann). Show that the following subset of...
In Exercises 3-4, use the Subspace Test to determine which of the sets are subspaces of Mnn. 3. a. The set of all diagonal n x n matrices. b. The set of all n × n matrices A such that det(A) = 0. c. The set of all n × n matrices A such that tr(A) = 0. d. The set of all symmetric n × n matrices.4. a. The set of all n × n matrices A such that AT = -A. b. The set...
Explain all parts of question 1 and question 2 in detail 1. Consider the matrix In + Inn, which has every diagonal entry equal to 2 and every off-diagonal entry equal to 1. (a) Compute det(In + Inn) for each of n = 1,2,3. (b) For n = 4, we have 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 111 2 2 1 1 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 0...