Fundamentals of Matrices Worksheet

Consider the following matrix for problems 1 and 2: 1 A = 10 5 1. Identify the following elements: a11 = a12 = a21 = a33 = a34 = 2. What is the dimension of matrix A? Consider the following two matrices for problems 3 through 7: 1 2 3 2 A= and B = 2 3 . 3 1 3. Calculate 2A + B. 4. Calculate B A. 5. Calculate A B . 6. Calculate ( A B ) T . 7. Calculate B T AT . Consider the following matrices fro problems 8 through 18 (this is not multiple choice): 1 0 4 A= 0 1 6 1 1 0 F = 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 B = 2 3 2 1 3 1 C= 2 5 1 1 1 0 5 7 5 1 D = 2 0 0 1 1 3 E = [ 2 3] 2 100 1 1 5 2 1 1 8.5 2

1 1 G= 1 3

1 3 4 H = 0 1

I = [1 3 1]

8. Give the dimensions for the above matrices. 9. Which of the above matrices are square matrices? 10. Give the traces for the above matrices. 11. Give the transposes for the above matrices. 12. Give the determinants for all 2 2 and 3 3 matrices. 13. Which matrix is a row matrix? 14. Which matrix is a column matrix? 15. Which of the above matrices can be added to each other? 16. Which of the above matrices can be multiplied to matrix A? 17. Which of the above matrices can be multiplied to matrix D? 18. Which of the above matrices can be multiplied to matrix E?

For problems 19-27, create two nonzero 2 2 matrices. Call one matrix A and the other B. 19. Calculate A + B. 20. Calculate ( A + B ) T 21. Calculate AT + B T . 22. Calculate 2A B. 23. Calculate B A . 24. Calculate AT

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25. Calculate AT A . 26. Calculate tr ( A) + tr ( B ) . 27. Calculate tr ( A + B ) . 28. Calculate det ( A) . 29. Calculate det AT . Do the following: 30. Create a 1 5 matrix. 31. Create a square matrix. 32. Explain the difference between a 2 4 and a 4 2. 33. Explain how the dimension of a matrix changes when a transpose occurs. 34. Explain how to know if two matrices can be multiplied to each other. 35. Create a 2 2 matrix whose transpose matrix is the same as the original matrix. 36. Create a square matrix whose trace is equal to zero. 37. Is it possible to calculate the trace for any matrix? Explain. 38. Is it possible to calculate the transpose for any matrix? Explain. 39. Rephrase in your own words the following statement: "The trace of a square matrix is equal to the sum of the elements of the main diagonal." 40. Write down a procedure for calculating the determinant of a 3 3 matrix. 1 1 41. Multiply the following two matrices: A = [1 0 1] and B = 3 1 . 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 2 42. Add the following four matrices: A = , B = 5 1 , C = 1 0 , and D = 1 0 . 0 1

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