4.5.21 · D4 · HinglishLinear Algebra (Full)

ExercisesDeterminants — cofactor expansion along any row - column

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4.5.21 · D4 · Maths › Linear Algebra (Full) › Determinants — cofactor expansion along any row - column


Level 1 — Recognition

Recall Solution L1.1

ka matlab: row 2 aur column 3 cover karo. Row 2 hai ; column 3 hai . Dono delete karo. To . (Dhyan rakho: mein koi sign abhi nahi hai — yeh minor ka kaam hai, cofactor ka nahi.)

Recall Solution L1.2

Cofactor signed minor hota hai: . Kyunki odd hai, . Sign ne minor ka sign flip kar diya — yahi checkerboard apna kaam kar raha hai.

Recall Solution L1.3

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  • : Sign sirf par depend karta hai — actual position par, iss baat par kabhi nahi ki tum ise row ya column expansion keh rahe ho.

Level 2 — Application

Recall Solution L2.1

Row 1 ke saath expand karo: .

Recall Solution L2.2

Row 1 kyun choose karein: ismein do zeros hain, isliye teen mein se do cofactor terms turant khatam ho jaate hain. Sirf bachta hai.

Recall Solution L2.3

Column 1 hai ; top ka zero drop ho jaata hai. Same value — "kisi bhi row/column ke saath expand karo" theorem action mein.


Level 3 — Analysis

Recall Solution L3.1

Row-add free kyun hai: ek row ka multiple doosri row mein add karne se unchanged rehta hai. Top entry ke neeche pehle column ko khatam karo. aur karo: Column 1 ke neeche expand karo (sirf top entry bachti hai): — matrix singular hai (iske rows dependent hain: ).

Recall Solution L3.2

Column 1 ke saath expand karo (bottom slot mein zero hai): Zero set karo: , to In values par matrix space ko collapse kar deta hai → non-invertible.

Recall Solution L3.3

Rows kyun subtract karein: , karne se column 1 mein top ke neeche zeros aa jaate hain aur clean factors milte hain: Column 1 ke neeche expand karo (sirf top entry bachti hai): Har entry factor karo: , . Row 1 se aur row 2 se baahar nikalo:


Level 4 — Synthesis

Recall Solution L4.1

: poore matrix ko se scale karne par teeno 3 rows mein se har ek se scale hoti hai, aur har row-scaling mein multiply karti hai. To . : Leibniz sum transpose ke under invariant hai, isliye . (General rule: ek matrix ke liye.)

Recall Solution L4.2

ke liye, har minor ek akela bacha hua entry hota hai. Adjugate cofactor matrix ka transpose hota hai: ke saath: Yeh Adjugate matrix and inverse se connect karta hai.

Recall Solution L4.3

Coefficient matrix , . Column 1 (woh -column) ko right-hand side se replace karo: (Phir doosri equation se ; check karo .✓) Dekho Cramer's rule.


Level 5 — Mastery

Recall Solution L5.1

Maano rows aur equal hain. Un do identical rows ko swap karna matrix ko visibly unchanged chhodta hai, isliye uska determinant unchanged hai: . Lekin ek single row-swap determinant mein multiply karta hai (ek alternation property): . Dono sides mein add karo: . Cofactor cross-check: subtract karo (free) taaki row 3 poori zeros ho jaaye; us zero row ke saath expand karne par milta hai . Dono raaste agree karte hain.

Recall Solution L5.2

Pehle row-2 cofactors: Ab inhe row 1 ke saath dot karo: Zero kyun: yeh expression us matrix ka determinant hai jiska rows 1 aur 2 dono ki row 1 hain — ek repeated row, isliye L5.1 ke anusaar . Yeh "alien cofactor = 0" fact exactly wahi hai jo ko kaam karaat hai.

Recall Solution L5.3

Column 1 hai — wahan expand karo. Sirf top term bachta hai: Andar ka hai . To — diagonal product. Numerically: . Har step ne un zeros ko "chase" kiya jo triangularity ne hame free mein de diye.


Connections

Solution Map

row add is free

repeated row

Read minor and cofactor

Run the expansion

Chase zeros make zeros

Combine with properties

Alien cofactor equals zero