Consider the matrix $A$ below:

$$ A=\left[\begin{array}{llll} 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ 0 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\ 0 & 0 & \alpha & \beta \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & \gamma \end{array}\right] $$

For which of the following combinations of $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$, is the rank of $A$ at least three?

(i) $\alpha=0$ and $\beta=\gamma \neq 0$

(ii) $\alpha=\beta=\gamma=0$

(iii) $\beta=\gamma=0$ and $\alpha \neq 0$

(iv) $\alpha=\beta=\gamma \neq 0$

Let $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{R}^3$ denote the set of real numbers and the three dimensional vector space over it, respectively. The value of $\alpha$ for which the set of vectors

$$ \{ [2 \ -3 \ \alpha], \ [3 \ -1 \ 3], \ [1 \ -5 \ 7] \}$$

does not form a basis of $\mathbb{R}^3$ is _______.

Let the sets of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix B be $$\{ {\lambda _k}|1 \le k \le n\} $$ and $$\{ {v_k}|1 \le k \le n\} $$, respectively. For any invertible matrix P, the sets of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix A, where $$B = {P^{ - 1}}AP$$, respectively, are

Consider a system of linear equations Ax = b, where

$$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \hfill & { - \sqrt 2 } \hfill & 3 \hfill \cr { - 1} \hfill & {\sqrt 2 } \hfill & { - 3} \hfill \cr } } \right]$$, $$b = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 3 \cr } } \right]$$

This system is equations admits __________.

The value of $$'k'$$ for which the system has infinitely many solutions is _______.

Which is obtained by reversing the order of the columns of the identity matrix $${{\rm I}_6}$$. Let $$P = {{\rm I}_6} + \alpha \,\,{J_6},$$ where $$\alpha $$ is a non $$-$$ negative real number. The value of $$\alpha $$ for which det $$(P)=0$$ is _______.

Consider the vectors

$$ a=\left[\begin{array}{l} 1 \\ 1 \end{array}\right], b=\left[\begin{array}{c} 0 \\ 3 \sqrt{2} \end{array}\right] $$

For real-valued scalar variable $x$, the value of

$$ \min _x\|a x-b\|_2 $$

is___________(rounded off to two decimal places).

$\|\cdot\|_2$ denotes the Euclidean norm, i.e., for $y=\left[\begin{array}{l}y_1 \\ y_2\end{array}\right],\|y\|_2=\sqrt{y_1^2+y_2^2}$.

Consider the matrix $\begin{bmatrix}1 & k \\ 2 & 1\end{bmatrix}$, where $k$ is a positive real number. Which of the following vectors is/are eigenvector(s) of this matrix?

Let $$x$$ be an $$n \times 1$$ real column vector with length $$l = \sqrt {{x^T}x} $$. The trace of the matrix $$P = x{x^T}$$ is

The state equation of a second order system is

$$x(t) = Ax(t),\,\,\,\,x(0)$$ is the initial condition.

Suppose $$\lambda_1$$ and $$\lambda_2$$ are two distinct eigenvalues of A and $$v_1$$ and $$v_2$$ are the corresponding eigenvectors. For constants $$\alpha_1$$ and $$\alpha_2$$, the solution, $$x(t)$$, of the state equation is

Let $$\alpha$$, $$\beta$$ two non-zero real numbers and v₁, v₂ be two non-zero real vectors of size 3 $$\times$$ 1. Suppose that v₁ and v₂ satisfy $$v_1^T{v_2} = 0$$, $$v_1^T{v_1} = 1$$ and $$v_2^T{v_2} = 1$$. Let A be the 3 $$\times$$ 3 matrix given by :

A = $$\alpha$$v₁$$v_1^T$$ + $$\beta$$v₂$$v_2^T$$

The eigen values of A are __________.

Eigen value
$${\lambda _1} = 8$$
$${\lambda _2} = 4$$

Eigen vector
$${V_1} = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr } } \right]$$
$${V_2} = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr -1 \cr } } \right]$$

The matrix is