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Natalie Sullivan                   Candidate Number 000650-042

IB Mathematics SL Type 1                 Matrix Binomials

Natalie Sullivan

000650-042

St. Dominic’s International School

May 2009

        A matrix function such as   and   can be used to figure out expressions.  By calculating and  the values of X and Y can be solved for.  .  By following rules of multiplying matrices, this can be shown as   =.  Using  we can conclude that  =  or.  One can generalize a statement of a pattern that develops as the matrix goes on.  The expression is as follows, =.  The number 2 in the matrix comes from when the product of  is solved for.  The value of  is twice the value of .  The variable n represents what power the matrix is to, such as n = 2, 3, 4.  We can now solve for the rest of the values of.

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Further values of  can be proven by the expression,

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 can be proven with the same expression by slightly changed.  Since and  are negative, we much change the expression as   to meet the demands of and .

Just to be sure the expression works again, we can find higher values of .

By using GDC, the values of  and  were double checked for accuracy.

        By having the values of  and , they can be used in the expression  to further advance the knowledge of matrices.   is the same as the expression   Adding matrices would be just like adding + and +, ...

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