2013-14 First Semester

MATH 2101 Linear Algebra I

Tutorial 3

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1. (Easy! ) Let A =  4 5 8 . By using row operations, find A−1 .
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1 2 3 4 −3 7 −2
2. (Easy! ) Solve 2 −3 1 X = 10 −3 −5 1 
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3. Suppose A, B and A + B are invertible matrices. Prove that

(a) A−1 + B −1 is invertible and its inverse is A(A + B)−1 B;

(b) A(A + B)−1 B = B(A + B)−1 A.

4. Let A1 , A2 , ..., An be invertible matrices of the same size.

Show that the product A1 A2 · · · An is invertible and find the inverse.

5. Let A and B be square matrices of the same size. Determine whether each of the following
statements is true or false.

(a) If A is invertible, then so is AT .

(b) If A and B are both invertible, then so is A + B.
(c) If A and B are both upper triangular, then so is AB.
(d) If A and B are both symmetric, then so is ABA.

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6. Let A =  0 2 0 . Suppose X = AX − A2 + I. Find X.
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7. (Challenging! ) A square matrix K is said to be skew-symmetric if K T = −K. Show

that every square matrix A can be uniquely decomposed into the form A = S + K where
S is symmetric and K is skew-symmetric.

8. (Challenging! ) Let A be an m × n matrix where m 6= n. Is it always possible, or only

sometimes possible, or never possible, to find a matrix B such that AB and BA are both
identity matrices?