MA 214: Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Spring 2014

Extra Problems

1. For x IRn , prove the following inequalities. (a) x (b) x (c) x

2

x x
1

2 1

n x

n x . n x 2.

Hence show that xk x

1

0 xk x

0 xk x

0 as k .

2. Let A be a diagonal matrix with the ith diagonal entry equal to di . Find A 1, A

and A 2 .

3. Find all the diagonal matrices of size n n such that the condition number (A) = 1. 4. Let A be a real n n matrix such that 2 (A) = 1. Show that all the eigenvalues of AT A are equal. 5. Let A be an invertible matrix and B be a singular matrix. Prove the following inequality. 1 A1 . AB