Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
IC104: Linear Algebra I
2021-22-M Instructor: Dr. Raj Kumar Mistri
T UTORIAL S HEET-3
1. Prove that the product of two square lower triangular matrices of same sizes is a lower triangular ma-
trix. Using the property of transpose of a matrix, show that the product of two square upper triangular
matrices of same sizes are upper triangular.
2. Prove that if A, B and C are three matrices (with entries from a field F) of sizes p × q, q × r and r × s,
then
A(BC) = (AB)C.
3. Applying elementary row operations, determine if the inverses of the following matrices exist. If the
inverse exists, then find it.
(a) (b)
−3 −2 0 2
2
1 0 −1
. 1 −2 −1
1 0 1 2 −1 5 6.
2 1 −3 1 5 −4 5
4. Apply the result of Q.3. to find the solution of the following linear system.
−3x1 − 2x2 + 2x4 = 1
2x1 + x2 − x4 = 5
x1 + x3 + 2x4 = −3
2x1 + x2 − 3x3 + x4 = 0
5. Suppose AB = AC, where A is an m × n matrix, and B and C are n × p matrices. If the matrix A is
invertible, show that B = C. Is this true, in general, when A is not invertible.
x1
x2
6. Using Gauss elimination method, solve the matrix equation A⃗x = ⃗b for ⃗x = x3 , where
x4
1 −2 −4 −3 1
2 −7 −7 −6 7
A= and ⃗b = .
−1 2 6 4 0
−4 −1 9 8 3
7. Solve the matrix equation A⃗x = ⃗b in the previous question using LU factorization of the matrix A.
8. Find LU factorization of the matrix
1 3 4 0
−3 −6 −7 2
A= .
3 3 0 −4
−5 −3 2 9