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Challenge Problems for Chapter 4
Solve for the matrix if:
(a)
;
(b)
;
where , , ,
Consider
(a)
If compute .
(b)
If where is , find in terms of .
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Assume that a system of linear equations has at least two distinct solutions and
.
(a)
Show that is a solution for every .
(b)
Show that implies .
(c)
Deduce that has infinitely many solutions.
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(a)
If , then . So . But is not zero (because and are distinct), so .
Let
(a)
show that .
(b)
What is wrong with the following argument? If , then , so , whence or .
Let and be elementary matrices obtained from the identity matrix by adding
multiples of row to rows and . If and , show that .