Chapter 5: Problem 12
Given the matrices $$ \boldsymbol{A}=\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right], \quad \boldsymbol{B}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \end{array}\right] $$ and $$ \boldsymbol{C}=\left[\begin{array}{rr} 0 & 2 \\ 1 & 1 \\ -1 & -1 \end{array}\right] $$ evaluate \(A B, A C, B C, C A\) and \(B A^{\mathrm{T}}\). Which if any of these are diagonal, unit or symmetric?
Short Answer
Step by step solution
Compute A B
Compute A C
Compute B C
Compute C A
Compute B A^T
Identify Matrix Types
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Key Concepts
These are the key concepts you need to understand to accurately answer the question.
Matrix Types
- Square Matrix: Has the same number of rows and columns, like a 3x3 matrix.
- Diagonal Matrix: Only the diagonal elements (from top left to bottom right) are non-zero. All other elements are zero.
- Symmetric Matrix: A square matrix that is equal to its transpose, meaning it looks the same if flipped along its main diagonal.
- Identity Matrix: A diagonal matrix where all diagonal elements are 1, often symbolized as "I". It acts like the number 1 when multiplying matrices, leaving other matrices unchanged: such as "AI = A".
- Zero Matrix: Every element is zero, denoted as "0".
Symmetric Matrix
- Definition: A matrix \( M \) is symmetric if \( M = M^{ ext{T}} \).
- Properties:
- Symmetric matrices can only be square.
- The entries across the diagonal are matched: \( a_{ij} = a_{ji} \).
- Commonly found in quadratic forms and real-valued representation spaces.
Transpose of a Matrix
- Notation: Denoted as \( A^{ ext{T}} \) for a matrix \( A \).
- Operation:
- If \( A = [a_{ij}] \), then \( A^{ ext{T}} = [a_{ji}] \).
- Properties:
- The transpose of a transpose is the original matrix: \((A^{ ext{T}})^{ ext{T}} = A \).
- \((A + B)^{ ext{T}} = A^{ ext{T}} + B^{ ext{T}} \).
- \((AB)^{ ext{T}} = B^{ ext{T}} A^{ ext{T}} \), demonstrating that transposing a product reverses the order of multiplication.
Diagonal Matrix
- Definition: A matrix is diagonal if \( a_{ij} = 0 \) for all \( i eq j \).
- Key Features:
- The main diagonal may have non-zero elements, but all other elements are zero.
- Easy to compute determinants and inverses (when applicable) due to the simplicity of their structure.
- Multiplying any matrix by a diagonal matrix scales the rows or columns of that matrix by the diagonal values.