Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2011/ia/paper-1/7b/c/solution

Use the eigenvector basis , , . The forcing has decomposition . If , the linear system reduces to
For , all coefficients are determined, giving
For , the first equation would say , so there are no solutions. For , , , and is arbitrary. Thus all solutions are
These 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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