Homework for Determinants

1. Determinants

• Compute the determinant of a matrix.
• Determine if a matrix is singular or nonsingular by computing its determinant.

• Examples:
  • From http://linear.ups.edu/html/section-DM.html, read Example D33M, Example DUTM, and Sage DM.
• Homework:
  • From http://linear.ups.edu/html/section-DM.html, do Reading Questions 2 and 3 and Exercises DM.C21, DM.C22, DM.C23, DM.C24, DM.C25, DM.C26, DM.C27, DM.C28, DM.C29, DM.C30, DM.M10, DM.M11, DM.M15 (this is how we will find eigenvalues!), and DM.M16.
• Use the following example and create your own problems: