2.6.9 · D3 · Maths › Matrices & Determinants — Introduction › Properties of determinants
Intuition Yeh page kis kaam ki hai
Properties of determinants ne tumhe aath rules diye. Yeh page har tarah ka determinant problem jो ho sakta hai tumhare saamne rakhti hai aur dikhati hai ki kaun sa rule use sabse jaldi solve karta hai. Har solution se pehle tum forecast karoge — pehle guess karna hi woh tarika hai jisse rules yaad rehte hain.
Har determinant problem jo tum dekhte ho, in "cells" mein se ek hota hai. Hum sab ko cover karenge.
Cell
Kya trigger karta hai
Kaun sa rule jeet ta hai
Example
A — Pehle zeros banao, phir diagonal padho
dense numbers, koi obvious pattern nahi
P6 + P8
Ex 1
B — Instant zero spot karo
do equal / proportional rows ya cols
P3 (+P4)
Ex 2
C — Zero row / degenerate
ek poori row ya column ke zeros
P7
Ex 3
D — Common factors bahar nikalo
ek row/col ek clean multiple hai
P4
Ex 4
E — Swaps ke under sign track karo
simplify karne ke liye rows rearrange karte ho
P2
Ex 5
F — Whole-matrix scaling (trap)
det ( k A ) , det ( A + B )
P4 corollary, P5 caveat
Ex 6
G — Product & inverse
det ( A B ) , det ( A − 1 )
P9
Ex 7
H — Real-world word problem
area / volume scaling
geometry of det
Ex 8
I — Exam twist (symbolic/letters)
entries a , b , c hain ya x contain karte hain
P6 factoring
Ex 9
Har cell ko aise samjho: "kaun sa ek fact hai jo saari arithmetic ko gaa yab kar deta hai?"
Δ = 2 4 6 1 3 5 3 8 16
Forecast: padhne se pehle guess karo. Kya yeh ek bada number hai, chhota number hai, ya zero? Rows lagta hai jaise har agli row roughly double hai... dhyan rakho.
Step 1. R 2 → R 2 − 2 R 1 , R 3 → R 3 − 3 R 1 .
Yeh step kyun? P6 (ek row ka multiple doosri row mein add karna) value nahi badalta , aur column 1 mein zeros bana deta hai — ek mushkil 3 × 3 ko triangle mein badal deta hai.
= 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
Step 2. R 3 → R 3 − 2 R 2 .
Yeh step kyun? Same rule, ab diagonal ke neeche ki last entry clear kar rahe hain.
= 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 3
Step 3. Upper-triangular ⟹ diagonal multiply karo (P8).
Δ = 2 ⋅ 1 ⋅ 3 = 6.
Verify: original ke column 1 ke saath direct expansion: 2 ( 3 ⋅ 16 − 8 ⋅ 5 ) − 1 ( 4 ⋅ 16 − 8 ⋅ 6 ) + 3 ( 4 ⋅ 5 − 3 ⋅ 6 ) = 2 ( 48 − 40 ) − 1 ( 64 − 48 ) + 3 ( 20 − 18 ) = 16 − 16 + 6 = 6. ✓
3 1 7 6 2 14 5 9 4
Forecast: column 2 ko column 1 ke saath ghoor ke dekho. Kuch double dikhta hai?
Step 1. Column 2 = ( 6 , 2 , 14 ) = 2 ⋅ ( 3 , 1 , 7 ) = 2 ⋅ Column 1.
Yeh step kyun? Ek column doosre column ka scalar multiple hai. P4 use karke column 2 se 2 bahar nikalo (columns par bhi kaam karta hai, P1 se).
= 2 3 1 7 3 1 7 5 9 4
Step 2. Ab columns 1 aur 2 equal hain.
Yeh step kyun? Equal columns determinant ko 0 force karte hain (P3, P1 se columns par bhi laagu). Koi arithmetic nahi chahiye.
= 2 ⋅ 0 = 0.
Verify: proportional columns hamesha 0 dete hain kyunki "sheet" flat squash ho jaati hai — do directions ek hi taraf point karti hain. Numeric check 0 confirm karta hai. ✓
5 0 1 − 2 0 8 7 0 3
Forecast: ek poori row zeros hai. Answer kya hona chahiye, aur geometrically kyun?
Step 1. Row 2 mein sab zeros hain.
Yeh step kyun? P7: zero row det = 0 deta hai. (Yeh P4 hai jab k = 0 : us row ko 0 se multiply karna value ko 0 se scale karta hai aur same matrix reproduce karta hai.)
= 0.
Verify: row 2 ke saath expand karo — har cofactor ek 0 entry se multiply hota hai, toh poora sum 0 hai. Geometrically ek dimension collapse ho gayi, toh volume 0 hai. ✓
3 1 2 6 0 2 9 2 0
Forecast: row 1 hai 3 × ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) . 3 factor karne ke baad, kya answer 3 ka multiple hoga? Kitne se?
Step 1. Row 1 = 3 ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) ; 3 bahar nikalo (P4).
Yeh step kyun? Chhote numbers = kam arithmetic mistakes. P4 ek common row factor ko front mein laane deta hai.
= 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 0
Step 2. R 2 → R 2 − R 1 , R 3 → R 3 − 2 R 1 (P6).
Yeh step kyun? Aasaan expansion ke liye top ke neeche column 1 clear karo.
= 3 1 0 0 2 − 2 − 2 3 − 1 − 6
Step 3. Column 1 ke saath expand karo: sirf top-left survive karta hai.
Yeh step kyun? Column 1 mein do zeros expansion ko ek term tak reduce kar dete hain.
= 3 ⋅ 1 ⋅ [ ( − 2 ) ( − 6 ) − ( − 1 ) ( − 2 ) ] = 3 ( 12 − 2 ) = 3 ⋅ 10 = 30.
Verify: original ka row 1 ke saath direct expansion: 3 ( 0 ⋅ 0 − 2 ⋅ 2 ) − 6 ( 1 ⋅ 0 − 2 ⋅ 2 ) + 9 ( 1 ⋅ 2 − 0 ⋅ 2 ) = 3 ( − 4 ) − 6 ( − 4 ) + 9 ( 2 ) = − 12 + 24 + 18 = 30. ✓
0 0 2 0 5 7 4 1 3
Forecast: yeh almost triangular hai lekin galat taraf (zeros bottom-left ki jagah top-left mein hain). Agar hum ise triangular form mein flip karein, sign ka kya hoga?
Step 1. R 1 ↔ R 3 swap karo.
Yeh step kyun? Isse zeros lower-left mein aa jaate hain, upper-triangular form milti hai — lekin har swap answer ko − 1 se multiply karta hai (P2). Track karo: running factor = − 1 .
= − 2 0 0 7 5 0 3 1 4
Step 2. Ab upper-triangular ⟹ diagonal ka product (P8).
Yeh step kyun? Diagonal read-off, koi expansion nahi.
= − ( 2 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 4 ) = − 40.
Verify: original lower -anti form mein hai; column 1 ke saath expand karo (sirf row 3 mein 2 nonzero hai, cofactor sign ( − 1 ) 3 + 1 = + ): 2 ⋅ 0 5 4 1 = 2 ( 0 − 20 ) = − 40. ✓ Ek akele swap ne sahi tarah + 40 ko − 40 mein flip kiya.
Maano A = ( 1 3 2 4 ) toh det A = 1 ⋅ 4 − 2 ⋅ 3 = − 2 .
(a) det ( 3 A ) nikalo. (b) Test karo ki kya det ( A + A ) = det A + det A .
Forecast: bahut se students kehte hain det ( 3 A ) = 3 det A = − 6 . Guess karo ki yeh sahi hai ya trap.
Step 1 (a). 3 A dono rows ko 3 se multiply karta hai.
Yeh step kyun? P4 har row ke liye ek factor k deta hai. n = 2 rows ke saath: det ( k A ) = k n det A .
det ( 3 A ) = 3 2 det A = 9 ⋅ ( − 2 ) = − 18.
Step 2 (b). A + A = 2 A , toh det ( 2 A ) = 2 2 ( − 2 ) = − 8 .
Yeh step kyun? Left side honest tarike se compute karo.
Step 3 (b). Right side: det A + det A = ( − 2 ) + ( − 2 ) = − 4 .
Yeh step kyun? Compare karo. Kyunki − 8 = − 4 , naive rule galat hai. P5 ek row at a time mein linearity hai, poori matrix mein nahi.
Verify: 3 A = ( 3 9 6 12 ) , det = 3 ⋅ 12 − 6 ⋅ 9 = 36 − 54 = − 18. ✓ Aur 2 A = ( 2 6 4 8 ) , det = 16 − 24 = − 8 = − 4. ✓
A = ( 2 1 0 3 ) , B = ( 1 0 4 2 ) .
det ( A B ) aur det ( A − 1 ) nikalo.
Forecast: det A aur det B aasaan hain (dono triangular). Matrices multiply karne se pehle det ( A B ) guess karo.
Step 1. det A = 2 ⋅ 3 = 6 , det B = 1 ⋅ 2 = 2 (P8, triangular).
Yeh step kyun? Diagonals padho; koi kaam nahi.
Step 2. Product rule P9: det ( A B ) = det A ⋅ det B = 6 ⋅ 2 = 12.
Yeh step kyun? P9 kehta hai ki scaling factors multiply hote hain — 6 se stretch karna phir 2 se stretch karna 12 se stretch karna hai.
Step 3. Inverse: det ( A − 1 ) = det A 1 = 6 1 .
Yeh step kyun? P9 se A − 1 A = I ke saath aur det I = 1 : det ( A − 1 ) det A = 1 .
Verify: A B = ( 2 1 0 3 ) ( 1 0 4 2 ) = ( 2 1 8 10 ) , det = 2 ⋅ 10 − 8 ⋅ 1 = 20 − 8 = 12. ✓ Aur 6 1 ⋅ 6 = 1. ✓
Ek designer graph paper par ek triangle draw karti hai jiske corners P ( 1 , 1 ) , Q ( 5 , 2 ) , R ( 2 , 6 ) hain. Phir woh drawing ko ek scaling machine se guzarti hai jo matrix M = ( 2 0 0 3 ) se describe hoti hai (width × 2 stretch, height × 3 ). Stretched triangle ka area kya hai?
Forecast: machine width 2 se aur height 3 se stretch karti hai. Compute karne se pehle total area multiplier guess karo.
Step 1. Determinant formula se original area (dekho Area of a Triangle using Determinants ):
Area = 2 1 Q x − P x R x − P x Q y − P y R y − P y = 2 1 4 1 1 5 .
Yeh step kyun? P se do edge vectors triangle span karte hain; determinant ki absolute value ka aadha uska area hai.
Step 2. Evaluate: 4 1 1 5 = 20 − 1 = 19 , toh original area = 2 19 = 9.5 .
Yeh step kyun? Seedha 2 × 2 determinant.
Step 3. Machine apply karo. Linear Transformations & Scaling of Area se, area ∣ det M ∣ se scale hota hai.
det M = 2 ⋅ 3 = 6.
Yeh step kyun? P8 (triangular) det M turant deta hai; ∣ det M ∣ hi area multiplier hai — determinant ka poora point yahi hai.
Step 4. Stretched area = 6 × 9.5 = 57.
Yeh step kyun? Original area ko scaling factor se multiply karo.
Verify (units & sanity): areas square units mein hain. Width-2 , height-3 stretch area ko 2 × 3 = 6 se multiply karta hai — det M se match karta hai. Original 9.5 × 6 = 57 . ✓ Figure dekho: stretched triangle (coral) visibly original (pastel) ka 6 × hai.
Brute expansion ke bina prove karo:
1 1 1 a b c a 2 b 2 c 2 = ( b − a ) ( c − a ) ( c − b ) .
(Yeh famous Vandermonde determinant hai.)
Forecast: agar a = b , do rows identical ho jaati hain — toh answer mein zaroor ek factor ( b − a ) hona chahiye. Same logic se guess karo ki aur kaun se factors aayenge.
Step 1. R 2 → R 2 − R 1 aur R 3 → R 3 − R 1 (P6, value unchanged).
Yeh step kyun? Pehli row subtract karna column 1 mein zero create karta hai aur common factors reveal karta hai.
= 1 0 0 a b − a c − a a 2 b 2 − a 2 c 2 − a 2 .
Step 2. Row 2 se ( b − a ) aur row 3 se ( c − a ) factor karo (P4), x 2 − a 2 = ( x − a ) ( x + a ) use karke.
Yeh step kyun? P4 ek poori row se common factor bahar kheench ta hai.
= ( b − a ) ( c − a ) 1 0 0 a 1 1 a 2 b + a c + a .
Step 3. Column 1 ke saath expand karo (sirf top-left 1 survive karta hai): bottom-right 2 × 2 hai
1 1 b + a c + a = ( c + a ) − ( b + a ) = c − b .
Yeh step kyun? Column 1 mein do zeros expansion ko ek 2 × 2 block tak collapse kar dete hain.
Step 4. Combine karo.
= ( b − a ) ( c − a ) ( c − b ) .
Verify: a = 1 , b = 2 , c = 4 rakho. Formula: ( 2 − 1 ) ( 4 − 1 ) ( 4 − 2 ) = 1 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 = 6 . Direct: 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 16 = 1 ( 2 ⋅ 16 − 4 ⋅ 4 ) − 1 ( 1 ⋅ 16 − 4 ⋅ 1 ) + 1 ( 1 ⋅ 4 − 2 ⋅ 1 ) = 1 ( 16 ) − 1 ( 12 ) + 1 ( 2 ) = 6. ✓
Common mistake Teen traps jinke against yeh page tumhe protect karti hai
F-trap: det ( k A ) = k n det A , na ki k det A (Ex 6). Har row ko scale karna k se har baar scale karta hai.
E-trap: swap par sign flip bhool jaana (Ex 5). Ek swap = × ( − 1 ) .
F-trap 2: det ( A + B ) = det A + det B (Ex 6b). Linearity sirf ek row at a time hai.
Recall Kaun sa rule kaun si cell ko solve karta hai?
Dense numbers, koi pattern nahi ::: P6 se triangularise karo, phir P8 (Ex 1, Cell A)
Do equal ya proportional rows/columns ::: P4 phir P3 → 0 (Ex 2, Cell B)
Zeros ki ek poori row ::: P7 → 0 (Ex 3, Cell C)
det ( k A ) ek n × n matrix ke liye ::: k n det A (Ex 6, Cell F)
det ( A B ) aur det ( A − 1 ) ::: det A det B ; 1/ det A (Ex 7, Cell G)
Ek linear map M ke baad area ::: original area ko ∣ det M ∣ se multiply karo (Ex 8, Cell H)
Row-of-powers wala letter determinant ::: R 1 subtract karo, differences factor karo (Ex 9, Cell I)
Mera problem kaun si cell mein hai?
Cell B: P4 phir P3 gives zero
Cell F: k to the n, no additivity
Cell H: multiply area by det
Cell I: subtract rows and factor