Quiz 2. The Vector Form For the General Solution / Transpose Matrices. Math 2568 Spring 2017.

Introduction to Linear Algebra at the Ohio State University quiz problems and solutions

Problem 273

(a) The given matrix is the augmented matrix for a system of linear equations.
Give the vector form for the general solution.
\[ \left[\begin{array}{rrrrr|r}
1 & 0 & -1 & 0 &-2 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 2 & 0 & -1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\
\end{array} \right].\]

(b) Let
\[A=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 &5 &6
\end{bmatrix}, B=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & 1 \\
0 &1 &0
\end{bmatrix}, C=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2\\
0& 6
\end{bmatrix}, \mathbf{v}=\begin{bmatrix}
0 \\
1 \\
0
\end{bmatrix}.\] Then compute and simplify the following expression.
\[\mathbf{v}^{\trans}\left( A^{\trans}-(A-B)^{\trans}\right)C.\]

 
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Solution.

(a) Give the vector form for the general solution

The system of linear equation represented by the augmented matrix is
\begin{align*}
x_1-x_3-2x_5&=0\\
x_2+2x_3-x_5&=0\\
x_4+x_5=0.
\end{align*}
Solving the preceding system, we obtain
\begin{align*}
x_1&=x_3+2x_5\\
x_2&=-2x_3+x_5\\
x_4&=-x_5.
\end{align*}
Here $x_2, x_5$ are free variables and the rest are dependent variables.

Hence the general solution $\mathbf{x}$ can be expressed as
\begin{align*}
\mathbf{x}&=\begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \\
x_2 \\
x_3 \\
x_4 \\
x_5
\end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}
x_3+2x_5 \\
-2x_3+x_5 \\
x_3 \\
-x_5 \\
x_5
\end{bmatrix}\\[10pt] &=\begin{bmatrix}
x_3 \\
-2x_3 \\
x_3 \\
0 \\
0
\end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix}
2x_5 \\
x_5 \\
0 \\
-x_5 \\
x_5
\end{bmatrix}=x_3\begin{bmatrix}
1 \\
-2 \\
1 \\
0 \\
0
\end{bmatrix}+x_5\begin{bmatrix}
2 \\
1 \\
0 \\
-1\\
1
\end{bmatrix}.
\end{align*}
Therefore, the vector form for the general solution is
\[\mathbf{x}=x_3\begin{bmatrix}
1 \\
-2 \\
1 \\
0 \\
0
\end{bmatrix}+x_5\begin{bmatrix}
2 \\
1 \\
0 \\
-1\\
1
\end{bmatrix}.\]

(b) Matrix product and transpose

First of all, note that by the property of the transpose we have
\[(A-B)^{\trans}=A^{\trans}-B^{\trans}.\] Hence we can simply the middle part:
\begin{align*}
A^{\trans}-(A-B)^{\trans}&= A^{\trans}-(A^{\trans}-B^{\trans})\\
&=A^{\trans}-A^{\trans}+B^{\trans}=B^{\trans}.
\end{align*}
Thus the expression becomes
\[\mathbf{v}^{\trans}\left( A^{\trans}-(A-B)^{\trans}\right)C=\mathbf{v}^{\trans}B^{\trans}C.\] The transposes of $\mathbf{v}$ and $B$ are
\[\mathbf{v}^{\trans}=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix} \text{ and } B^{\trans}=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 \\
1 &0
\end{bmatrix}.\] Thus we have
\begin{align*}
&\mathbf{v}^{\trans}\left( A^{\trans}-(A-B)^{\trans}\right)C=\mathbf{v}^{\trans}B^{\trans}C\\
&=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 \\
1 &0
\end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2\\
0& 6
\end{bmatrix}\\
&=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2\\
0& 6
\end{bmatrix}
=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 6
\end{bmatrix}.
\end{align*}

In conclusion, we have obtained
\[\mathbf{v}^{\trans}\left( A^{\trans}-(A-B)^{\trans}\right)C=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 6
\end{bmatrix}.\]

Comment.

These are Quiz 2 problems for Math 2568 (Introduction to Linear Algebra) at OSU in Spring 2017.

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