M1 P3 Unit 22011
M1 P3 Unit 22011
M1 P3 Unit 22011
3. Find the nature of the quadratic form and reduce it to canonical form. Find rank, index and signature
(a) 10x2 + 2y2 + 5z2 4xy = 10xz + 6yz. [JNTU 06] [Index = 2]
(b) 4 x y 8 z 8 yz 4 zx 4 xy. [JNTU-09S]
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(c) x 2 4 xy 6 xz y 2 2 yz 4 z 2 . [JNTU-08]
(d) 3x12 2 x 22 x 32 4 x1 x 2 12 x 2 x 3 8 x1 x 3 . [Indefinite, rank = 3, index = 2, signature = 1 ]
4. Reduce the quadratic form to sum of squares form (canonical form) and find the corresponding linear
transformation. Also find the index and signature.
(a) 6 x12 3 x 22 3 x 32 4 x1 x 2 2 x 2 x 3 4 x1 x 3 . [JNTU-09, 11]
(b) 4x2 + 3y2 + z2 xy 6yz + 4xz. [JNTU08] [4y12 y22 + y32]
(c) 2 x 2 5 y 2 3z 2 4 xy. [JNTU11]
5. By Lagranges reduction, transform the following quadratic forms into their canonical forms
(a) x12 2 x 22 7 x 32 4 x1 x 2 8 x1 x 3 . [JNTU09S] [(x1 2x2 + 4x3)2 2(x2 4x3)2 + 9x32]
(b) 2 x12 7 x 22 5 x 32 8 x1 x 2 10 x 2 x 3 4 x1 x 3 . [2( x1 2x2 x3)2 ( x2 + x3)2 + 4x32]
(c) x12 + 6x22 + 18x32 + 4x1x2 + 8x1x3 4x2x3. [Index = 2; Signature =1]
6. Find the transformation which reduces the given quadratic form into sum of squares form and find the
reduced form.
(a) 4 x 2 3 y 2 z 2 8 xy 6 yz 4 zx. [JNTU-08]
(b) 10 x 2 2 y 2 5 z 2 6 yz 10 zx 4 xy. [JNTU-08S]