In this class,
In the first stage of the forward elimination, you will first need
to do a partial pivoting to avoid fractions. In the second stage,
partial pivoting does no good, so should not be done. Since you
cannot take an integer multiple of the original equation greater
than 1 in this stage (since it would mess up the matrix asked
later) you will need to live with fractions in the final equation.
Solve the resulting equations using the class procedure.
Next do the same but using augmented matrix notation.
Next find the and
matrices of the
decomposition and
multiply the two. Do they give back the original matrix
of the
system? If not, what do they give back? Show that it is the matrix
that you would have gotten if you had done the
equation exchange immediately, before starting the solution process.
So, what is the right hand vector
to use when
solving
? Solve this system and check
that you get indeed the correct right hand side vector to use in
solving the system
. Double-check you are using
the correct matrix and right hand side while doing all the above.
Make sure you have answered everything. [2, 8.1].