Matrix Algebra

Examples

EXAMPLE 1. Define the matrix C, and perform the row reduction procedure.

> C = [1 -2 1 0; 0 2 -8 8; -4 5 9 -9]

> C(3,:) = C(3,:) + 4 * C(1,:)
> C(2,:) = (1/2) * C(2,:)
> C(3,:) = C(3,:) + 3 * C(2,:)
> C(1,:) = C(1,:) + 2 * C(2,:)
> C(1,:) = C(1,:) + 7 * C(3,:)
> C(2,:) = C(2,:) + 4 * C(3,:)

C =
   1   0   0  29
   0   1   0  16
   0   0   1   3

Thus, we have found the solution

EXAMPLE 2. Solve the system of linear equations:

$\begin{displaymath} \begin{array}{rrrr} x_1 & -\,3 x_2 & & = 5 \\ -x_1 & +... ...& +\, 5 x_3 & = 2 \\ & \, x_2 & +\, x_3 & = 0 \end{array} \end{displaymath}$