Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa Level 1-Semester 1- 2009

MA 1012- MATHEMATICS
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ASSIGNMENT 2
(Write answers to all questions and submit during the week starting on 21/09/2009)

1. Let . Prove that if

2. Let the matrix .

i. Verify that .
ii. Express in terms of and and hence calculate explicitly.
iii. Use (i.) to prove that A is non-singular and find explicitly.
iv. Hence solve the system of equations, where are given rationals.

3. Determine which of the following matrices are non singular and find the inverse, where possible.

, ,

4. Let with Prove that has a,

i. unique additive inverse.
ii. unique multiplicative inverse.

5. Let with
i. Show that
ii. Show that

6. Write down the outputs for the inputs given below according to the following rule;
If then write “DATA OUT OF RANGE” else
write “INPUT NEXT DATA SET”.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

7. Verify each of the following equivalences by writing as equivalence proof.

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Department of Mathematics, 14/09/2009

 Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa Level 1-Semester 1- 2009

MA 1012- MATHEMATICS
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ASSIGNMENT 3
(Distributed on the week starting on 14/09/2009)

1. Prove that if A and B are matrices such that is invertible, then the inverse of is given
by the formula

2. Let be a matrix.
i. If , prove that A is singular.
ii. If and , prove that A is singular

3. i. Calculate the rank of the following matrices.

ii. Determine if the following matrices have inverses, and if so what they are.

, , , ,

4. Prove that the,

i. additive identity is unique.
ii. multiplicative identity is unique.

5. Express the following numbers in the rational form.

i. 3.1416817
ii. 5.273526352635263526...
iii. 2.6831728728728…

6. Show that is equivalent to by writing as equivalence proof.

7. Show that each of the following is a tautology by using equivalences.

i.
ii.
iii.

Department of Mathematics, 14/09/2009