Paper 2, Section II, E

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2015

(i) Suppose AA is a matrix that does not have 1-1 as an eigenvalue. Show that A+IA+I is non-singular. Further, show that AA commutes with (A+I)1(A+I)^{-1}.

(ii) A matrix AA is called skew-symmetric if AT=AA^{T}=-A. Show that a real skewsymmetric matrix does not have 1-1 as an eigenvalue.

(iii) Suppose AA is a real skew-symmetric matrix. Show that U=(IA)(I+A)1U=(I-A)(I+A)^{-1} is orthogonal with determinant 1 .

(iv) Verify that every orthogonal matrix UU with determinant 1 which does not have 1-1 as an eigenvalue can be expressed as (IA)(I+A)1(I-A)(I+A)^{-1} where AA is a real skew-symmetric matrix.