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Linear Equations
Let us consider n linear equations such that
where x1, x2, …. xn are n unknown variables.
Let us consider:
For the expansion of det |ai j| in terms of cofactors we have
where a = |ai j| and the cofactor of ai j is Ai j.
We can derive Cramer’s Rule for the solution of the system of n linear equations:
Now, multiplying both sides of (1.10a) by Ai j, we get
by (1.10b), we get, axj = biAi j.
From here, we can easily get
Example 1.5.1. Show that
Solution: By expansion of determinants, we have:
Which can be written as a1jA1j = a a1jA2j = 0 and a1jA3j = 0 [we know aijAij = a].
Similarly, we have
Using Kronecker Delta Notation, these can be combined into a single equation:
All nine of these equations can be combined into
1.6 Results on Matrices and Determinants of Systems
It is known that if the range of the indices of a system of second order are from 1 to n, the number of components is n2. Systems of second order are organized into three types: ai j, ai j,
each of which is an n × n matrix.
We shall now establish the following results:
Property 1.6.1. If
Proof: We shall prove this result by taking the range of the indices from 1 to 2, but the results hold, in general, when they range from 1 to n.
We get
Taking the determinant of both sides, we get
Property 1.6.2. If
Proof: We have
Therefore,
Taking determinants of both sides, we get
Property 1.6.3. Let the cofactor of the element
If the cofactor of aij is represented by Akj, it is expressed by the equation:
If we divide the cofactor Akj of the element of akj by the value a of the determinant, we form the normalized cofactor, represented by:
The above equation becomes
Property 1.6.4. Let us consider a system of n linear equations:
for n unknown xi, where