Exercise 1.1.17

For these matrices with square blocks, find A = CR. What ranks?

A1 = [  zeros  ones   ones   ones ] 4×4A2 = [ A1 A1 ] 8×4A3 = [ A1A1 A1A1 ] 8×8

Answers

  • A1 = C1R1 = [01 0 1 11 1 1 ] [1100 0 0 1 1 ]
  • A2 = C2R2 = [A1 A1 ] = [C1R1 C1R1 ] = [C1 C1 ] R1. So C2 = [C1 C1 ] and R2 = R1.
  • A3 = C3R3 = [A1A1 A1A1 ] = [C1R1C1R1 C1R1C1R1 ] = [C1 C1 ] [ R1R1 ] So C3 = [C1 C1 ] and R3 = [R1R1 ]

All matrices have rank = 2

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