grandes-ecoles 2016 QVI.B.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__mp Matrices Structured Matrix Characterization

We define the matrix $Z_n = (z_{i,j}) \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ by $z_{i,j} = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if } 1 \leqslant i < n \text{ and } j = i+1 \\ 1 & \text{if } (i,j) \in \{(n-1,1),(n,2)\} \\ 0 & \text{in all other cases} \end{cases}$
Show that the matrix $Z_n$ is irreducible.

We define the matrix $Z_n = (z_{i,j}) \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ by $z_{i,j} = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if } 1 \leqslant i < n \text{ and } j = i+1 \\ 1 & \text{if } (i,j) \in \{(n-1,1),(n,2)\} \\ 0 & \text{in all other cases} \end{cases}$

Show that the matrix $Z_n$ is irreducible.

Paper Questions

QI.A.1 QI.A.2 QI.B.1 QI.B.2 QII.A QII.B QII.C QIII.A QIII.B.1 QIII.B.2 QIII.B.3 QIII.B.4 QIII.B.5 QIII.C.1 QIII.C.2 QIII.C.3 QIII.D.1 QIII.D.2 QIV.A.1 QIV.A.2 QIV.A.3 QIV.A.4 QIV.B.1 QIV.B.2 QIV.B.3 QIV.C QV.A.1 QV.A.2 QV.A.3 QV.A.4 QV.A.5 QV.B.1 QV.B.2 QV.C.1 QV.C.2 QVI.A QVI.B.1 QVI.B.2 QVI.B.3 QVI.C.1 QVI.C.2 QVI.D