2.6.12 · D1 · Maths › Matrices & Determinants — Introduction › Solving systems using matrix inversion
Linear equations ka poora system secretly EK sentence hai: "ek rule (jise hum A bolte hain) unknowns ki ek chupi hui list (jise hum X bolte hain) ko answers ki ek dikhti hui list (jise hum B bolte hain) mein badal deta hai." System ko solve karna matlab us rule ko ulta chalana hai, aur yeh page — bilkul scratch se — har ek object (A , X , B , aur reverse-rule) banata hai jo yeh karne ke liye chahiye.
Parent page par jo kuch bhi hai — A X = B , X = A − 1 B , det A , adj ( A ) , "consistent", "cofactor" — yeh sab ideas ki ek chhoti si stack se bana hai. Yeh page unme se har ek ko bilkul zero se unpack karta hai, us order mein jisme woh ek doosre par depend karte hain. Agar neeche koi word naya lage, toh aap sahi jagah par hain.
Kisi bhi equation se pehle, hume woh object chahiye jis par sab kuch likha jaata hai.
Ek matrix bas numbers ka ek rectangular grid hoti hai jo rows (aarpaar) aur columns (neeche) mein arranged hoti hai. Hum ise ek capital letter jaise A se naam dete hain, aur iska size ( rows ) × ( columns ) ke roop mein describe karte hain.
A = [ 2 1 3 − 1 ] is a 2 × 2 matrix (2 rows, 2 columns).
Row i , column j mein baithne wala single number a ij likha jaata hai — pehle row, phir column . Toh a 21 ka matlab hai "row 2, column 1".
Ek square matrix woh hoti hai jisme rows ki sankhya barabar ho columns ki sankhya ke (size n × n ): 2 × 2 , 3 × 3 , wagera. Ek 2 × 3 grid square nahi hai.
Abhi hume kyun parwah hai: identity matrix I , inverse A − 1 , determinant det A , aur adjugate adj ( A ) — neeche §3–§6 mein sab kuch — sirf square matrices ke liye defined hai. Ek non-square grid ka koi determinant nahi hota aur koi inverse bhi nahi hota. Isliye parent topic hamesha "n equations in n unknowns" use karta hai: yeh guarantee karta hai ki A square hai.
Intuition Grid kyun hoti hai?
Ek grid hume bahut saari equations ke coefficients ek saaf jagah mein store karne deti hai, taaki poora system ek single object ban jaaye jise hum ek set of rules se manipulate kar sakein. Figure dekhein: har equation ek row ban jaati hai, har variable apna ek column own karta hai. Jab equations ki count unknowns ki count se match karti hai, woh grid square hoti hai — exactly woh case jahan hum use reverse karne ki umeed kar sakte hain.
YEH TOPIC KO KYUN CHAHIYE: coefficient matrix A , variable matrix X , aur constant matrix B — ye sab matrices hain. Grid ke bina koi A X = B nahi hai.
Sirf ek column wali matrix itni special hai ki uska apna naam hai.
Ek column vector ek column wali matrix hoti hai, jaise X = [ x y ] (size 2 × 1 ). Hum ise ek arrow ki tarah picture karte hain jo origin se start hoti hai aur coordinates ( x , y ) ki taraf point karti hai.
Intuition Ek hi cheez ko dekhne ke do tarike
Numbers ki ek pair [ x y ] DONO cheez hai — variable values ki list BHI aur woh location BHI jahan arrow point karta hai. Isliye hum "machine ek vector ko move kar rahi hai" ki baat kar sakte hain — arrow ki tip ko move karna wahin hai jaisa numbers ko change karna.
YEH TOPIC KO KYUN CHAHIYE: X (unknowns) aur B (answers) column vectors hain. "System ko solve karna" literally matlab hai "arrow X dhundhna".
Yeh poore topic ka engine hai, isliye hum dheere chalenge.
Definition Dimension-matching rule
Aap A (size m × n ) ko X (size n × 1 ) se multiply kar sakte hain tabhi jab inner numbers match karein : A ke columns (= n ) X ki rows (= n ) ke barabar hone chahiye. Result ka outer size m × 1 hota hai.
A ( m × n ) X ( n × 1 ) ⟶ ( m × 1 ) .
Agar inner numbers agree nahi karte, toh product simply undefined hota hai — aap ise likh hi nahi sakte. (Size n × n ki square A aur size n × 1 ki X ke liye, yeh hamesha match karte hain, aur answer phir n × 1 hota hai.)
Definition Row-times-column (matrix × vector)
Matrix A ko column vector X se multiply karne ke liye, A ki har row lo, usse X ki matching entry se multiply karte hue aage badhao, aur add kar lo. Woh sum answer ki ek entry hoti hai.
[ a c b d ] [ x y ] = [ a x + b y c x + d y ] .
HUMNE KYA KIYA: row 1 ( a , b ) ko ( x , y ) ke saath pair kiya toh a x + b y mila; row 2 ne c x + d y diya.
YEH PATTERN KYUN: kyunki a x + b y exactly ek linear equation ki left side hai. Multiplication rule is liye design ki gayi thi taaki ek matrix times ek vector equations ki left-hand sides ko reproduce kare.
YEH KAISA DIKHTA HAI: ek input arrow X ko A label wale box mein daalna aur ek naya arrow bahar nikalna.
Definition Matrix × matrix (baad mein identities ke liye chahiye)
Wahi rule do poori grids tak extend hota hai: P (size m × n ) ko Q (size n × p ) se multiply karne ke liye, product ki row i , column j mein entry P ki row i ko Q ke column j ke saath dot karne se milti hai — term-by-term multiply karo aur add karo. Result ka size m × p hoga, aur phir se do inner numbers (n ) match karne chahiye.
[ a c b d ] [ p r q s ] = [ a p + b r c p + d r a q + b s c q + d s ] .
Matrix-times-vector bas yahi rule hai p = 1 ke saath. Hume matrix × matrix ki zaroorat tab padegi jab hum §4 aur §6 mein A adj ( A ) aur A − 1 A likhenge.
Worked example Machine ko check karo
A = [ 2 1 3 − 1 ] aur X = [ x y ] ke saath:
A X = [ 2 x + 3 y x − y ] .
Ise B = [ 5 1 ] ke barabar set karne par exactly 2 x + 3 y = 5 aur x − y = 1 wapas milta hai. Toh A X = B hi woh system hai.
Common mistake Column-pehle multiply karna
Kyun sahi lagta hai: hum left-to-right padhte hain, isliye A ka column pehle pakadna natural lagta hai.
Fix: hamesha left matrix ki row, right matrix ka column . Row-pehle rule hai; column-pehle nonsense deta hai.
Definition Identity matrix (sirf square)
Identity matrix I ek square matrix hai jisme main diagonal (top-left se bottom-right) par 1 s hain aur baaki jagah 0 s hain.
I = [ 1 0 0 1 ] .
Yeh woh machine hai jo kuch nahi badhalti: I X = X har vector X ke liye. Kyunki ise apni 1 s ki diagonal align karni hoti hai, I sirf square grid ke roop mein exist karta hai.
YEH TOPIC KO KYUN CHAHIYE: X = A − 1 B ki poori derivation usi waqt khatam hoti hai jab hum I X par pahunchte hain, kyunki I X bas X hai. I finish line hai.
Definition Inverse matrix (sirf square)
A − 1 (padho "A inverse") woh square matrix hai jo A ko undo karti hai : A karo phir A − 1 karo toh exactly wahin pahunchte ho jahan se shuru kiya tha.
A − 1 A = I aur A A − 1 = I .
Sirf ek square matrix ka inverse ho sakta hai: A − 1 A aur A A − 1 dono defined hon aur dono same I ke barabar hon, iske liye dimension-matching rule A ko n × n hone par majboor karta hai. Ek non-square grid ka koi inverse nahi hota — bas.
Intuition Vending machine ki picture
A code X → snack B le jaata hai. A − 1 snack B → code X wapas le jaata hai. A chalao phir A − 1 chalao = kuch press nahi = do-nothing machine I .
Chhota − 1 kyun? Ordinary numbers mein, 5 − 1 = 5 1 hai "woh cheez jo 5 ko cancel karti hai", kyunki 5 × 5 1 = 1 . Matrices ke liye A − 1 hai "woh cheez jo A ko cancel karti hai", aur I 1 ka kaam karta hai. Wahi idea, naya object.
YEH TOPIC KO KYUN CHAHIYE: X = A − 1 B poora method hai. Koi inverse nahi, toh koi ek-shot solution nahi.
Hume ek number chahiye jo bataye ki A − 1 exist bhi karta hai ya nahi. Inverse ki tarah, yeh sirf square ke liye quantity hai.
1 × 1 aur 2 × 2 ka Determinant
Determinant ek square matrix se compute kiya gaya single number hota hai. Hum ise size ke hisaab se build karte hain:
1 × 1 (base case): det [ a ] = a . Akele number ka determinant bas woh number khud hai. (Hume yeh base case §6 mein chahiye, kyunki 2 × 2 ki ek row aur column delete karne par ek 1 × 1 bachta hai.)
2 × 2 : det [ a c b d ] = a d − b c .
bade matrices: ek n × n determinant cofactors (§6) use karke ek row ke saath expand karke defined hota hai — har term ek chhote determinant use karta hai, 1 × 1 base case tak pohanch ke. (Dekho Determinants .) Non-square grid ka koi determinant nahi hota.
Geometrically 2 × 2 determinant A ke do column-arrows jo parallelogram banaate hain uska signed area hai.
Intuition Area = reversibility kyun
Agar do column arrows genuinely alag directions mein point karte hain, toh woh real area wala parallelogram banaate hain — machine space ko phelaa deti hai aur undo ki ja sakti hai. Agar arrows SAME line par pad jaate hain, toh parallelogram ka zero area hoga: space ek line par squash ho gaya, bahut saare inputs same output par land karte hain, aur aap kabhi uniquely reverse nahi kar sakte. Woh flat case exactly det A = 0 hai. det A = 0 wali matrix singular kahlati hai (non-reversible); det A = 0 wali non-singular kahlati hai.
YEH TOPIC KO KYUN CHAHIYE: A − 1 = det A 1 adj A mein det A se divide kiya jaata hai. Agar det A = 0 toh zero se divide karna hoga — impossible — jo maths ka kehna hai "is machine ko reverse nahi kiya ja sakta." Poori baat ke liye dekho Determinants .
Inverse ko actually compute karne ke liye hume teen linked ideas chahiye. (Poori detail: Cofactors and Minors aur Adjoint and Inverse of a Matrix .)
Definition Minor, cofactor, adjugate
Ek minor M ij woh chhoti square matrix ka determinant hai jo row i aur column j delete karne ke baad bachti hai. 2 × 2 ke liye woh leftover ek single number hota hai — ek 1 × 1 — jiska determinant bas woh number khud hai (§5 ka base case).
Ek cofactor C ij = ( − 1 ) i + j M ij — minor ke saath checkerboard sign lagaa ke.
Adjugate adj ( A ) cofactors ka grid hai jo transpose (rows aur columns swap) kiya gaya hai: adj ( A ) ij = C j i .
Common mistake Transpose skip karna
Kyun sahi lagta hai: cofactor grid aur adjugate mein same numbers hote hain, isliye woh same dikhte hain.
Fix: adj ( A ) cofactor grid hai diagonal ke paar flip kiya gaya . Hamesha transpose karo; neeche di gayi key identity se verify karo.
Definition Consistent vs inconsistent
Ek system consistent hai agar uska kam se kam ek solution ho.
Woh inconsistent hai agar uska koi solution na ho.
Jab det A = 0 (non-singular case) toh solution unique hota hai, yaani X = A − 1 B .
det A = 0 branch kyun split hoti hai — derived , asserted nahi
System A X = B lo aur dono sides ko left mein adj ( A ) se multiply karo:
adj ( A ) A X = adj ( A ) B .
§6 ki key identity se, adj ( A ) A = ( det A ) I , isliye left side ( det A ) X ban jaati hai:
( det A ) X = adj ( A ) B .
Ab do cases padhte hain jab det A = 0 : left side zero column O mein collapse ho jaati hai, isliye equation force karti hai adj ( A ) B = O .
Agar adj ( A ) B = O , toh woh requirement violate hoti hai — koi bhi X system satisfy nahi kar sakta → koi solution nahi (inconsistent) .
Agar adj ( A ) B = O , toh requirement puri hoti hai lekin X pin down nahi hota → infinitely many solutions, ya koi nahi (aapko substitution se confirm karna hoga).
Qualification: yeh ( adj A ) B test woh clean textbook criterion hai jo chhote systems ke liye use hota hai (parent page ke 2 × 2 aur 3 × 3 ). Bade ya zyada delicate systems ke liye fully general tool rank comparison hai — dekho Consistency of Linear Systems aur Gaussian Elimination .
Har item ko ek question ki tarah padho, answer chhupao, aur khud ko test karo.
Matrix kya hoti hai aur hum entry a ij ko kaise label karte hain? Ek rectangular grid of numbers; a ij row i , column j mein number hai (pehle row, phir column).
Square matrix kya hoti hai, aur yahan yeh kyun matter karti hai? Rows = columns (n × n ); sirf square matrices ka identity, inverse, determinant, ya adjugate ho sakta hai.
Column vector kya hai, aur uske saath kaun si picture jaati hai? Ek one-column matrix; origin se us location tak arrow jise woh list karta hai.
Product A X kab defined hota hai? Jab A ke columns X ki rows ke barabar hon (inner numbers match karein); result ka outer size hota hai.
Matrix ko column vector se multiply kaise karte hain? Matrix ki har row lo, vector ke saath term-by-term multiply karo, aur add karo — left ka row, right ka column.
Do matrices ko multiply kaise karte hain? Entry ( i , j ) = left ki row i ko right ke column j se dot karo; inner sizes match karni chahiye.
A X = B linear system ko kyun reproduce karta hai?Row i times X equation i ki left side deti hai; ise b i ke barabar set karne par equation i wapas milti hai.
Identity matrix I kya hai aur yeh kya karta hai? Ek square matrix, diagonal par 1 s aur baaki jagah 0 s; har vector ko unchanged chhod deta hai, I X = X .
A − 1 ka kya matlab hai aur kaunsi matrices ke paas yeh hota hai?Reverse machine jisme A − 1 A = A A − 1 = I ; sirf square, non-singular matrices ke paas yeh hota hai.
1 × 1 matrix ke liye det [ a ] kya hai?Bas a — woh base case jis par minors reduce hote hain.
det A 2 × 2 ke liye kya measure karta hai, aur det A = 0 ka kya matlab hai?Column parallelogram ka signed area; zero ka matlab space flat ho gaya (singular, non-reversible).
Cofactor grid aur adj ( A ) mein kya fark hai? Adjugate, cofactor grid transposed hai (rows aur columns swap kiye gaye).
2 × 2 adjugate "diagonal swap, off-diagonal negate" kyun hai?Chaar cofactors [ d − b − c a ] dete hain; ise transpose karne par [ d − c − b a ] milta hai.
A adj ( A ) = ( det A ) I kyun hota hai?Diagonal entries det A ka cofactor expansion hain; off-diagonal entries do equal rows wali matrix ka expansion hain, jo 0 hai.
( det A ) X = adj ( A ) B det A = 0 cases ko kaise explain karta hai?Agar det A = 0 toh left side O hai; agar adj ( A ) B = O toh koi solution nahi, agar = O toh infinitely many (ya koi nahi).
"Consistent" ka kya matlab hai? System mein kam se kam ek solution hai.