Chapter 6: Determinants
I will show several problems where I find the determinant, illustrating the several methods of doing this.
6.1
2. For any 2x2 matrix A, det(A) = ad - bc, so det(A) = (2)(5) - (3)(4) = -2 . Since this is not 0, A is invertible.
5. Let's use Laplace Expansion and expand across the first column. Remember to alternate signs.
det(A) = (1)(2)(det(A11) + (-1)(5)(det(A12) + (1)(7)(det(A13)
= (2 * 55) + (-5 * 0) + (7 * 0) = 110 The matrix is invertible
6. Determinant of a upper- or lower-triangular matrix is simply the product of the diagonal entries.
det(A) = (6)(4)(1) = 24 The matrix is invertible
8. For any 3x3 matrix A with column vectors u, v, w, determinant of A is u ·(v x w)
det(A) = [1 1 3] · ([2 1 2] x [3 1 1])
= [1 1 3] · [-1 4 -1]
= 0 The matrix is not invertible
41. Remember, det(A) = Σ (sgn P)(prod P). In this matrix, two nonzero patterns exist: (2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 2 -> 4), with 5 inversions, and (2 -> 3 -> 3 -> 2 -> 2), with 8 inversions.
det(A) = (-1)5(2 * 3 * 1 * 2 * 4) + (-1)8(2 * 3 * 3 * 2 * 2)
= (-48) + (72) = 24
6.3
22. Cramer's Rule states that in the system Ax = b , where A is an invertible n x n matrix, the components xi of the solution vector are xi = det(Ab,i)/det(A), where Ab,i is the matrix obtained by replacing the ith column of A with b
x1 = det([[1 7][3 11]])/det(A) = (-10) / (5) = -2
x2 = det([[3 1][4 3]])/det(A) = (5) / (5) = 1
x = [-2 1]
Chapter 7: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
7.1
16. Since this transformation takes a vector and rotates it 180 degrees (reflects it about the origin), -1 is the only eigenvalue, and all vectors in R2 are eigenvectors.
7.2
2. Since the eigenvalues of a triangular matrix are its diagonal entries, and both numbers are repeated, λ = 1 (algebraic multiplicity 2), 2 (algebraic multiplicity 2)
3. The characteristic polynomial of a 2x2 matrix is λ2 - (trA)λ + det(A) = λ2 - 4λ + 3 = 0
(λ - 3)(λ - 1) = 0
λ = 1 (algebraic multiplicity 1), 3 (algebraic multiplicity 1)
12. fA(λ) = det(λI4 - A) = det( [[ (λ - 2) 2 0 0 ][ -1 (λ + 1) 0 0 ][ 0 0 (λ - 3) 4 ][ 0 0 -2 (λ + 3)]]. We can split this matrix into blocks, and since only the diagonal blocks have nonzero entries, the determinant of the original matrix will be the product of the determinants of the diagonal blocks.
det(λI4 - A) = det([[ (λ - 2) 2 ][ -1 (λ + 1) ]]) * det([[ (λ - 3) 4 ][ -2 (λ + 3) ]])
= ((λ - 2)(λ + 1) + 2) * ((λ - 3)(λ + 3) + 8)
= λ(λ - 1)(λ + 1)(λ - 1) = 0
λ1 = 0 (algebraic multiplicity 1)
λ2 = λ3 = 1 (algebraic multiplicity 2)
λ4 = -1 (algebraic multiplicity 1)
