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  Matrices and Determinants
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Algebra of Matrices
    3.0 Special Matrices
    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 :
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.

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