Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2013/ia/paper-1/2a/i/solution

Left multiplication by the given Givens rotation mixes rows two and three, so . If , choose
Equivalently modulo . Substitution gives and . If , take ; the desired zero is already present. This also covers singular matrices without division by zero.

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