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Miscellaneous Exercise 2(A) · Q35

Q.If A=[100210331]A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 \\ 3 & 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix} then reduce it to I3I_3 by using column transformations.

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Step 1: A=[100210331]A=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 \\ 3 & 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix} is already lower triangular with 11s on the diagonal, so only the off-diagonal entries 2,3,32,3,3 need clearing, using COLUMN operations.

Step 2: Clear the (2,1) entry =2=2 using C1→C1−2C2C_1\to C_1-2C_2 (row 1 is unaffected since a12=0a_{12}=0, so this cannot disturb the (1,1) entry): column 1 becomes (1−2(0), 2−2(1), 3−2(3))=(1,0,−3)(1-2(0),\ 2-2(1),\ 3-2(3))=(1,0,-3). Matrix: [100010−331]\begin{bmatrix}1&0&0\\0&1&0\\-3&3&1\end{bmatrix}.

Step 3: Clear the remaining (3,1) entry =−3=-3 using C1→C1+3C3C_1\to C_1+3C_3 (column 3's row-1 and row-2 entries are 00, so this cannot disturb the (1,1) or (2,1) entries just fixed): column 1 becomes (1+3(0), 0+3(0), −3+3(1))=(1,0,0)(1+3(0),\ 0+3(0),\ -3+3(1))=(1,0,0). Matrix: [100010031]\begin{bmatrix}1&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&3&1\end{bmatrix}.

Step 4: Clear the last remaining off-diagonal entry (3,2)=3=3 using C2→C2−3C3C_2\to C_2-3C_3 (column 3's row-1, row-2 entries are still 00, so column 1 is untouched): column 2 becomes (0−3(0), 1−3(0), 3−3(1))=(0,1,0)(0-3(0),\ 1-3(0),\ 3-3(1))=(0,1,0).

Step 5: Final matrix is [100010001]=I3\begin{bmatrix}1&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{bmatrix}=I_3.

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A∼I3A\sim I_3 via C1→C1−2C2C_1\to C_1-2C_2, then C1→C1+3C3C_1\to C_1+3C_3, then C2→C2−3C3C_2\to C_2-3C_3.

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