Assignment 2

MA 401 (Linear Algebra)

1. Let F be the field of complex numbers. Are the following two systems of
linear equations equivalent? If so, express each equation in each system
as a linear combination of the equations in the other system.
x1 x2 = 0
2x1 + x2 = 0
3x1 + x2 = 0
x1 + x2 = 0
2. If

6
A= 4
1

4
2
0

0
0
3

find all solutions of AX = 2X and all solutions of AX = 3X. (The symbol

cX denotes the matrix each entry of which is c times the corresponding
entry of X.)
3. Prove that the following two matrices are not row-equivalent:

2 0 0
1 1 2
a 1 0 ,
2 0 1 .
b c 3
1 3 5
4. Find all solutions to the following system of equations by row-reducing
the coefficient matrix:
1
x1 + 2x2 6x3 = 0
3
4x1 + 5x3 = 0
3x1 + 6x2 13x3 = 0
7
8
x1 + 2x2 x3 = 0
3
3
5. Find a row-reduced echelon matrix which is row-equivalent to

1 i
2
2
i 1+i
where i =

1. What are the solutions of AX = 0?