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Matrices and Determinants
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Algebra of Matrices
3.0 Special Matrices
3.1 (a) Symmetric Matrix:
3.2 (b) Skew Symmetric Matrix:
3.3 (c) Hermitian matrix:
3.4 (d) Skew Hermitian Matrix:
3.5 (e) Singular and Non-singular Matrices:
3.6 (f) Orthogonal Matrix :
3.7 (g) Idempotent Matrix :
3.8 (h) Unitary Matrix :
3.9 (i) Involuntary Matrix:
3.10 (j) Nilpotent Matrix:
4.0 Determinant of a square matrix
5.0 Adjoint of a square Matrix
6.0 Inverse of a Matrix
7.0 Types of Equations Homogenous & Non-Homogenous
8.0 Cramer's rule
9.0 Types of Linear Equations
3.8 (h) Unitary Matrix :
3.2 (b) Skew Symmetric Matrix:
3.3 (c) Hermitian matrix:
3.4 (d) Skew Hermitian Matrix:
3.5 (e) Singular and Non-singular Matrices:
3.6 (f) Orthogonal Matrix :
3.7 (g) Idempotent Matrix :
3.8 (h) Unitary Matrix :
3.9 (i) Involuntary Matrix:
3.10 (j) Nilpotent Matrix:
A square matrix $A$ is said to be unitary if ${A^\theta }A = I$ , where $I$ is an identity matrix & ${A^\theta }$ is the transposed conjugate of $A$.
Question 6.
Prove that the matrix $\frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$ is unitary.
Solution:
Let $A = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$
${A^T} = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 - i} \\ {1 + i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$
$\overline {\left( {{A^T}} \right)} = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$
${A^\theta } = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$
$A{A^\theta } = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right] \times \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&{1 + i} \\ {1 - i}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right]$
$ = \frac{1}{3}\left[ {\begin{array}{c} 3&0 \\ 0&3 \end{array}} \right] = \left[ {\begin{array}{c} 1&0 \\ 0&1 \end{array}} \right] = I$
Hence $A$ is unitary matrix.