Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH221/December 2011/Question 03 (b)
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Question 03 (b) |
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Consider the matrix Compute where . |
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Nothing fancy here, just a straight up computation. |
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Solution 1 |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. First, let's compute the matrix B And clearly this matrix has determinant zero. |
Solution 2 |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Note: this is a more fancy solution, no worries if you don't like it as much. The matrix B is a polynomial in the matrix A that we can factor as And since the determinant is multiplicative, we have that Now in part (a) we saw that -2 is an eigenvalue and hence the determinant of is zero and thus so is the determinant of the matrix B. |