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LinearAlgebra - Practice Problems

This document contains practice problems related to linear algebra concepts like row echelon form, reduced row echelon form, matrix inverse, solving systems of equations, Gauss-Jordan elimination, Gauss-Seidel method, and eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The problems cover finding row echelon forms and ranks of matrices, using Gauss-Jordan to find inverses and solve systems, solving homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems, finding values for consistent systems, and determining eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

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LinearAlgebra - Practice Problems

This document contains practice problems related to linear algebra concepts like row echelon form, reduced row echelon form, matrix inverse, solving systems of equations, Gauss-Jordan elimination, Gauss-Seidel method, and eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The problems cover finding row echelon forms and ranks of matrices, using Gauss-Jordan to find inverses and solve systems, solving homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems, finding values for consistent systems, and determining eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

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Unit 1: Linear Algebra - Practice Problems

1. Find the row echelon and reduced row echelon form of the following matrices. Hence find
the rank.

2 1 0 2 3 1
(a)  2 2 1  (b)  1 2 1 
 3 0 2   4 1 1

1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3
0 1 2 2   0 1 2 0 
(c)  (d) 
3 3 1 4  2 3 2 3
   
0 1 3 2   0 3 3 3

(e) [ ] (f) [ ] (g) [ ]

2. Use Gauss-Jordan method to find the inverse for the following matrices:

1 1 3  3 3 4 

(a) 1 3 3 (b)  2 3 4  (c) [ ]
 
 2 4 4   0 1 1 

(d) [ ] (e) [ ] (f) [ ]

0 1 2 2
1 1 2 3 
(g) [ ] (h) 
2 2 2 3
 
2 3 3 3

Note: For more problems, See page 40, Higher Engineering Mathematics by BS Grewal
3. Test the following system of equations for consistency and solve by Gauss elimination
method

(a) ; ; – ; – –
(b) ; ;
(c) ; – – ; ;
– –
(d) ; – ;
(e) ; – ; –

4. Derive the solution set for each of the following systems using Gauss-Jordan method

(a) x  y  z  9; 2x  y  z  0; 2x  5 y  7 z  52
(b) x  y  z  9; 2x  3 y  4z  13; 3x  4 y  5z  40

(c) ; – ;
(d) – ; – ; –
(e) ; ;

5. Solve each of the following homogeneous systems:

(a) ; ;

(b) .
(c) ; ;
(d) ; ;
(e) ; ;

(f) ; ;
6. Find the value of for which the system
; ; is consistent. Find the
solution for this value of .

7. Find the values of and such that the equations


; – ;
have (i) no solution (ii) unique solution (iii) an infinite number of solutions.

8. Find the values of and for the system of equations


– ; – ;
to have (i) unique solution (ii) infinite solutions (iii) no solution

9. Find the values of and for which the equations


; ;
are consistent. When will these equations have a unique solution?

10. Find the values of and such that the system of equations
; ; ,
may have (i) no solution (ii) unique solution (iii) an infinite number of solutions

Note: See Higher Engineering Mathematics by BS Grewal, pages 50-51 for more problems.
Gauss Seidel Method

1. Solve the following using Gauss – Seidel method. Perform 5 iterations.

2. Solve the following using Gauss – Seidel method. Iterate until absolute relative error is less
than

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

1. Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors for each of the following matrices:

a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ]

d) [ ] e) [ ] f) [ ]

2. Two eigenvalues of the matrix are equal to 1 each. Find the eigenvalues of where

[ ]

Note: See page 60, Higher Engineering Mathematics by BS Grewal for extra problems.

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