If $$A = {1 \over 2}\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & {\sqrt 3 } \cr { - \sqrt 3 } & 1 \cr } } \right]$$, then :
Solution
$$A = {1 \over 2}\left[ {\matrix{
1 & {\sqrt 3 } \cr
{ - \sqrt 3 } & 1 \cr
} } \right]$$
<br/><br/>Let $\theta=\frac{\pi}{3}$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
A^2 & =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos \theta & \sin \theta \\\\
-\sin \theta & \cos \theta
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos \theta & \sin \theta \\\\
-\sin \theta & \cos \theta
\end{array}\right] \\\\
& =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos 2 \theta & \sin 2 \theta \\\\
-\sin 2 \theta & \cos 2 \theta
\end{array}\right] \\\\
A^3 & =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos 2 \theta & \sin 2 \theta \\\\
-\sin 2 \theta & \cos 2 \theta
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos \theta & \sin \theta \\\\
-\sin \theta & \cos \theta
\end{array}\right] \\\\
& =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos 3 \theta & \sin 3 \theta \\\\
-\sin 3 \theta & \cos 3 \theta
\end{array}\right]
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$\begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad A^{30}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\cos 30 \theta & \sin 30 \theta \\\\ -\sin 30 \theta & \cos 30 \theta\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right] \\\\ & A^{25}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\cos 25 \theta & \sin 25 \theta \\\\ -\sin 25 \theta & \cos 25 \theta\end{array}\right]=\frac{1}{2}\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & \sqrt{3} \\ -\sqrt{3} & 1\end{array}\right]=A \\\\ & \therefore \quad A^{30}+A^{25}-A=I\end{aligned}$
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Matrices and Determinants · Topic: Types of Matrices and Operations
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