Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa Level 1-Semester 1- 2009

MA 1012- MATHEMATICS
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ASSIGNMENT 5
(Distributed on the week starting on 21/09/2009)

1. Suppose that is a real matrix such that

i. Prove that .
ii. Prove that .
iii. Use (i.) to prove that if then .

2. Evaluate the following determinants without expanding them.

= = =

3. Prove the following identities

i. = ii. =

4. Prove that ,
i. .
ii. Hence prove that , .

5. Let , with . Prove the following claims.

i. . ii. .

6. Consider the following predicates:

, ,
If the universe of discourse is the real number, give the truth value of each of the following prepositions.

i. iv.
ii. v.
iii. vi.

7. Vijay, Siri and Albert are suspected of a crime. They testify as follows:
Vijay: Siri is guilty and Albert is innocent. Siri: If Vijay is guilty then so is Albert.
Albert: I’m innocent, but at least one of the others is guilty.
Let and be the statements “Vijay is innocent,” “Siri is innocent,” “Albert is innocent”. Express the
testimony of each suspect as a propositional formula. Write a truth table for three testimonies.
Using the truth table answer the following questions:
i. Are the three testimonies consistent?
ii. Assuming everybody is innocent, who committed perjury?
iii. Assuming all testimony is true, who is innocent and who is guilty?
iv. Assuming that the innocent told the truth and the guilty told lies,who is innocent and who is guilty?
Department of Mathematics, 21/09/2009
 Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa Level 1-Semester 1- 2009

MA 1012- MATHEMATICS
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ASSIGNMENT 4
(Write answers to all questions and submit during the week starting on 05/10/2009)

1. Let and with . Also let .Prove that if

Then

i. is non singular and .

ii. If show that as .

2. If B is a matrix over a field and , prove that

i. ii

iii. Check the above results for the matrix given by ,

3. Express the following determinants as factors.

4. Prove that
i.
ii. Hence deduce that

5.
i. Solve the inequality
ii. If 1 , Show that

6.
i. Prove that for any integer , is divisible by 4.
ii. Use the proof by counter example to show that, the preposition is false.
iii. Use the proof by cases to prove the triangle inequality.

7.
i. Prove or disprove the preposition; , is prime.
ii. Prove that , is divisible by 13.
iii. Prove that for any integers and , the product is even if and only if is even or is even.

Department of Mathematics, 21/09/2009