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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2011 ia Paper 1 7B c Solution by
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Use the eigenvector basis , , . The forcing has decomposition . If , the linear system reduces toFor , all coefficients are determined, givingFor , the first equation would say , so there are no solutions. For , , , and is arbitrary. Thus all solutions areThese outcomes illustrate respectively an invertible matrix, incompatible forcing outside its image of a linear map, and a compatible forcing with a nontrivial kernel of a linear map.
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