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A Matrix Commuting With a Diagonal Matrix with Distinct Entries is Diagonal

Problem 492

Let
\[D=\begin{bmatrix}
d_1 & 0 & \dots & 0 \\
0 &d_2 & \dots & 0 \\
\vdots & & \ddots & \vdots \\
0 & 0 & \dots & d_n
\end{bmatrix}\] be a diagonal matrix with distinct diagonal entries: $d_i\neq d_j$ if $i\neq j$.
Let $A=(a_{ij})$ be an $n\times n$ matrix such that $A$ commutes with $D$, that is,
\[AD=DA.\] Then prove that $A$ is a diagonal matrix.

 
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Solve a System by the Inverse Matrix and Compute $A^{2017}\mathbf{x}$

Problem 300

Let $A$ be the coefficient matrix of the system of linear equations
\begin{align*}
-x_1-2x_2&=1\\
2x_1+3x_2&=-1.
\end{align*}

(a) Solve the system by finding the inverse matrix $A^{-1}$.

(b) Let $\mathbf{x}=\begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \\
x_2
\end{bmatrix}$ be the solution of the system obtained in part (a).
Calculate and simplify
\[A^{2017}\mathbf{x}.\]

(The Ohio State University, Linear Algebra Midterm Exam Problem)
 
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Compute and Simplify the Matrix Expression Including Transpose and Inverse Matrices

Problem 297

Let $A, B, C$ be the following $3\times 3$ matrices.
\[A=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 &5 &6 \\
7 & 8 & 9
\end{bmatrix}, B=\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & 1 \\
0 &3 &0 \\
1 & 0 & 5
\end{bmatrix}, C=\begin{bmatrix}
-1 & 0\ & 1 \\
0 &5 &6 \\
3 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}.\] Then compute and simplify the following expression.
\[(A^{\trans}-B)^{\trans}+C(B^{-1}C)^{-1}.\]

(The Ohio State University, Linear Algebra Midterm Exam Problem)
 
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