True/ False Flashcards
For a matrix A the (i, j)-entry of A in the entry in column i and row j. (1a)
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Consider the matrix
(0 0 2)
C= (0 7 0)
(3 0 0)
Then C is diagonal with diagonal entries 2, 7 and 3. (1b)
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Consider the matrix
(4 0 0)
D= (0 7 0)
(0 0 9)
Then D is diagonal with diagonal entries 4, 7 and 9. (1c)
T
For all matrices A and B of the same size, A + B = B + A. (1d)
T
For all square matrices A and B of the same size, AB = BA (1e)
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The transpose of an m × n matrix is an n × m matrix. (1f)
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The matrices C and D are both symmetric.
(0 0 2)
C= (0 7 0)
(3 0 0)
(4 0 0)
D= (0 7 0)
(0 0 9) (1g)
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If the matrix A is symmetric then the matrix −A is symmetric.(1h)
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If A is an m × n matrix, then the range of the transformation
x → Ax is R^m (2a)
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The range of the transformation x → Ax is the set of all linear combinations of the columns of A (2b)
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If A, B and C are n × n matrices and AB = AC then B = C. (2c)
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If A and B are n × n matrices and AB = I then B = A^−1. (2d)
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If A is an invertible matrix then the inverse of A can be written as 1/A. (2e)
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If A is invertible then the system Ax = b has a unique solution. (2f)
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Let
A = (a b)
(c d).
Then A is invertible if and only if ad-bc > 0. (2g)
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If A and B are invertible then AB is invertible and (AB)^−1 =A^−1B^−1. (2h)
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If A and B are invertible matrices of the same size, then AB is invertible and
(AB)^−1 = B^−1A^−1.
If A is invertible then A^T
is invertible, and the inverse of A^T is the
transpose of A^−1
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Let A be an invertible matrix. Then the matrix obtained by adding
twice the first row to the second may not be invertible. (2j)
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Let A be a non-invertible n × n matrix. Then the linear system
Ax = 0 has infinitely many solutions. (2k)
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A square matrix A is invertible if and only if its reduced row echelon form is the identity. (2l)
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Performing an elementary row operation is equivalent to left multiplication by an elementary matrix. (3a)
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Every invertible matrix A can be expressed uniquely as a product
of elementary matrices. (3b)
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Let A be a non-invertible n × n matrix. Then the matrix obtained
by swapping rows one and two of A is also non-invertible. (3c)
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For matrices A, B and C, if A is row equivalent to B and B is row equivalent to C then A is row equivalent to C. (3d)
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two matrices are row equivalent if one can be changed to the other by a sequence of elementary row operations