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Consider an $n \times n$ orthogonal matrix $A$ with real entries and each column having unit Euclidean norm.Which of the following statements is/are correct?The value of ...

Consider a $2\times 2$ matrix $M=\begin{bmatrix} v_1 & v_2 \end{bmatrix}$, where $v_1$ and $v_2$ are the column vectors. Suppose $M^{-1}=\begin{bmatrix} u_1^T \\ u_2^T \e...

The state variable description of an LTI system is given by$$\begin{pmatrix} x_1 \\ x_2 \\ x_3 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & a_1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & a_2 \\ a_3 & 0 & 0 \...

Consider a non-singular $2 \times 2$ square matrix $\textbf{A}$. If $\text{trace}(\textbf{A})=4$ and $\text{trace}(\textbf{A}^2)=5$, the determinant of the matrix $\textb...

The eigenvalues of the matrix given below are$\begin{bmatrix}0 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & -3 & -4\end{bmatrix}$$(0, -1, -3)$$(0, -2, -3)$$(0, 2, 3)$$(0, 1, 3)$

The matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix}\frac{3}{2} &0 & \frac{1}{2}\\ 0& -1 &0 \\ \frac{1}{2} & 0 & \frac{3}{2}\end{bmatrix}$ has three distinct eigenvalues and one of its eigenv...

The state variable formulation of a system is given as$\begin{bmatrix} x^\cdot_1 \\ x^\cdot_2 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 0\\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x...

The state variable formulation of a system is given as$\begin{bmatrix} x^\cdot_1 \\ x^\cdot_2 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 0\\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x...

A matrix has eigenvalues $–1$ and $–2$. The corresponding eigenvectors are $\begin{bmatrix} 1\\-1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $\begin{bmatrix} 1\\-2 \end{bmatrix}$ respectibely. T...

The equation$\begin{bmatrix} 2&-2 \\ 1& -1 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x_1\\ x_2 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 0\\0 \end{bmatrix}$ hasno solutiononly one solution $\begi...

Two matrices $A$ and $B$ are given below:$A=\begin{vmatrix} p & q\\ r & s \end{vmatrix}$; $B=\begin{vmatrix} p^2+q^2 & pr+qs\\ pr+qs &r^2+s^2 \end{vmatrix}$If the rank of...

The state transition matrix for the system$\begin{bmatrix} \dot{x_1}\\ \dot{x_2} \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0\\ 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x_1\\ x_2 \end{b...

A system matrix is given as follows.$A=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 & -1\\ -6 & -11 &6 \\ -6& -11& 5 \end{bmatrix}$The absolute value of the ratio of the maximum eigenvalue to t...

The maximum value of "a" such that the matrix $\begin{pmatrix} -3&0&-2 \\ 1&-1&0 \\ 0&a&-2 \end{pmatrix}$ has three linearly independent real eigenvectors is$\dfrac{2}{...

If the sum of the diagonal elements of a $2 \times 2$ matrix is $-6$, then the maximum possible value of determinant of the matrix is ________

Let $P=\begin{bmatrix} 3&1 \\ 1 & 3\end{bmatrix}$ Consider the set $S$ of all vectors $\begin{pmatrix}x\\ y\end{pmatrix}$ such that $a^{2}+b^{2}=1$ where $\begin{pmatrix}...

A $3 \times 3$ matrix $P$ is such that, $P^{3}=P$. Then the eigenvalues of $P$ ܲ are$1, 1, −1$$1, 0.5 + ݆j0.866, 0.5 − ݆j0.866$ $1,−0.5 + ݆j0.866, −0.5 − ݆j0.866$$0, 1, −...

Let $A$ be a $4 \times 3$ real matrix with rank $2$. Which one of the following statement is TRUE?Rank of $A^{T} A$ is less than $2$.Rank of $A^{T} A$ is equal to $2$.Ran...

Let the eigenvalues of a $2 \times 2$ matrix $A$ be $1, -2$ with eigenvectors $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$ respectively. Then the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix $A^{2}...

Consider a $3 \times 3$ matrix with every element being equal to $1$. Its only non-zero eigenvalue is ________.