grandes-ecoles 2017 QII.B.2

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__mp 3x3 Matrices Determinant of Parametric or Structured Matrix

We consider the matrix $$A = A(\mu) = \begin{pmatrix} 2-\mu & -1 & \mu \\ -1 & 2-\mu & \mu-1 \\ 0 & -1 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$$
Calculate $A(\mu)_{s}$ and show that $A(\mu)_{s}$ is singular for $\mu = 1, 1-\sqrt{3}, 1+\sqrt{3}$.

We consider the matrix
$$A = A(\mu) = \begin{pmatrix} 2-\mu & -1 & \mu \\ -1 & 2-\mu & \mu-1 \\ 0 & -1 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$$

Calculate $A(\mu)_{s}$ and show that $A(\mu)_{s}$ is singular for $\mu = 1, 1-\sqrt{3}, 1+\sqrt{3}$.

Paper Questions

QI.A.1 QI.A.2 QI.B.1 QI.B.2 QI.B.3 QI.B.4 QI.C.1 QI.C.2 QI.C.3 QII.A.1 QII.A.2 QII.A.3 QII.A.4 QII.A.5 QII.A.6 QII.A.7 QII.A.8 QII.B.1 QII.B.2 QII.B.3 QII.C.1 QII.C.2 QII.C.3 QII.C.4 QII.C.5 QII.C.6 QII.C.7 QII.C.8 QII.D.1 QII.D.2 QII.E.1 QII.E.2 QII.E.3 QII.E.4 QII.E.5 QIII.A.1 QIII.A.2 QIII.A.3 QIII.A.4 QIII.B.1 QIII.B.2 QIII.B.3 QIII.C.1 QIII.C.2 QIII.C.3