Questions without answers in Linear Algebra

Consider the second-order linear ordinary differential equationx ^ 2 * (d ^ 2 * y)/(d * x ^ 2) + x * d/dx (y) - y = 0with the initial conditionsy(x = 1) = 6 ,The value of...

A linear transformation maps a point $(x, y)$ in the plane to the point $(\hat{x}, \hat{y})$ according to the rule$$\hat{x}=3 y, \quad \hat{y}=2 x .$$Then, the disc $x^2+...

$A$ is a $3 \times 5$ real matrix of rank $2$. For the set ot homogeneous equations $Ax = 0$, where $0$ is a zero vector and $x$ is a vector of unknown variables, which o...

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 10 & 2k +5 \\ 3k - 3 & k +5 \end{bmatrix}$ is a symmetric matrix, the value of $k$ is __________________.$8$$5$$-0.4$$\frac{1 + \sqrt{1561}}{12}$

The system of linear equations in real $\left ( x,y \right )$ given by $$\left ( x \: y \right )\begin{bmatrix} 2 &5 - 2 \alpha \\ \alpha & 1 \end{bmatrix} = \left ( 0\:0...

Consider two vectors: $$\vec{a} = 5 i + 7j + 2k$$$$\vec{b} = 3 i - j + 6k$$Magnitude of the component of $\vec{a}$ orthogonal to $\vec{b}$ in the plane containing the vec...

Let the superscript $\text{T}$ represent the transpose operation. Consider the function $f(x)=\frac{1}{2}x^TQx-r^Tx$, where $x$ and $r$ are $n \times 1$ vectors and $\tex...

Consider a vector $\text{p}$ in $2$-dimensional space. Let its direction (counter-clockwise angle with the positive $\text{x}$-axis) be $\theta$. Let $\text{p}$ be an ei...

Let $\textbf{I}$ be a $100$ dimensional identity matrix and $\textbf{E}$ be the set of its distinct (no value appears more than once in $\textbf{E})$ real eigen values. T...

Multiplication of real valued square matrices of same dimension isassociativecommutativealways positive definitenot always possible to compute

The transformation matrix for mirroring a point in $x – y$ plane about the line $y=x$ is given by$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix} \\$$\begin{bmatrix} -1 & 0...

The set of equations $$\begin{array}{l} x+y+z=1 \\ ax-ay+3z=5 \\ 5x-3y+az=6 \end{array}$$has infinite solutions, if $a=$$-3$$3$$4$$-4$

$x+2y+z=4$$2x+y+2z=5$$x-y+z=1$The system of algebraic equations given above hasa unique solution of $x=1$, $y=1$ and $z=1$only the two solutions of $(x=1, y=1, z=1)$ and ...

The rank of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} -4 & 1 & -1 \\ -1 & -1 & -1 \\ 7 & -3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ is$1$$2$$3$$4$

Consider the matrix $P=\begin{bmatrix} \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & 0 &\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\ 0 & 1 & 0\\ -\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} &0 & \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\end{bmatrix}$ Which one ...

The product of eigenvalues of the matrix $P$ is$P=\begin{bmatrix}2 & 0 & 1\\ 4& -3 &3 \\ 0 & 2 & -1\end{bmatrix}$$-6$$2$$6$$-2$

The number of linearly independent eigenvectors of matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 & 0\\ 0 &2 &0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$ is _________

A real square matrix $\textbf{A}$ is called skew-symmetric if$A^T=A$$A^T=A^{-1}$$A^T=-A$$A^T=A+A^{-1}$

The condition for which the eigenvalues of the matrix$A=\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1\\ 1 & k \end{bmatrix}$are positive, is$k 1/2$$k −2$$k 0$$k < −1/2$

The solution to the system of equations$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 5\\-4 &3 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x\\y \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 2\\ -30 \end{bmatrix}$ is$6,2$$-6,2$$...

For a given matrix $P=\begin{bmatrix} 4+3i & -i\\ i & 4-3i \end{bmatrix}$, where $i=\sqrt{-1}$, the inverse of matrix $P$ is$P=\displaystyle{\frac{1}{24}}\begin{bmatrix} ...

The lowest eigenvalue of the $2\times 2$ matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 2\\ 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$ is ________

At least one eigenvalue of a singular matrix ispositivezeronegativeimaginary

If any two columns of a determinant $P=\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 7 & 8\\ 3 & 1 & 5\\ 9 & 6 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ are interchanged, which one of the following statements regarding ...

Consider a $3×3$ real symmetric matrix S such that two of its eigenvalues are $a\neq 0$, $b\neq 0$ with respective eigenvectors $\begin{bmatrix} x_1\\ x_2\\ x_3 \end{bmat...

If there are $m$ sources and $n$ destinations in a transportation matrix, the total number of basic variables in a basic feasible solution is$m + n$$m + n + 1$$m + n − 1$...

One of the eigen vectors of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} -5 & 2\\ -9 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$ is$\begin{Bmatrix} -1\\ 1 \end{Bmatrix} \\$$\begin{Bmatrix} -2\\ 9 \end{Bmatrix} \\...

The matrix form of the linear syatem $\dfrac{dx}{dt}=3x-5y$ and $\dfrac{dy}{dt}=4x+8y$ is$\dfrac{d}{dt}\begin{Bmatrix} x\\y \end{Bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -5\\ 4& 8 \e...

Given that the determinant of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 & 0\\ 2 & 6 & 4\\ -1 & 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ is $-12$, the determinant of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 6...

The eigen values of a symmetric matrix are allcomplex with non-zero positive imaginary part.complex with non-zero negative imaginary part.real.pure imaginary.