Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

(a) Define the adjugate of a square matrix and write the relation between the adjugate and the inverse of an invertible matrix. (b) Explain why the existence of an inverse for the coefficient matrix AA of a linear system AX=YAX=Y guarantees that the system has exactly one solution. (c) Consider the matrix A=(123246369).A=\begin{pmatrix}1&2&3\\2&4&6\\3&6&9\end{pmatrix}. (i) Calculate det⁡(A)\det(A). (ii) Using your result, comment on the number of solutions the system AX=YAX=Y can have for an arbitrary column vector YY.

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