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Asking the student to create examples of two matrices which multiply to zero but are not themselves the zero matrix. Then getting the student to think about some features of these examples.

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This question asks you to construct examples. You should think carefully about the examples you construct and how they differ from each other.

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The marks are encouraging you to find \\(3\\) correct examples.

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You will learn much better if you work hard on this question and try lots of different things before looking at the answers. The main point is not to get a correct answer, but the process of looking for them.

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Looking for these examples gives you an insight into how matrix multiplication works.

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Here are some options:

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\\(\\var{A}\\var{B}=\\var{A*B}\\)

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\\(\\var{C}\\var{D}=\\var{C*D}\\)

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\\(\\var{A1}\\var{B1}=\\var{A1*B1}\\)

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Explain to yourself what is the same and what is different about the flavour of these examples. Compare them to your own examples.

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You can see from the above that it is possible to make both matrices without any zero entries.

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The largest number of zero entries you can get across both \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) is \\(6\\): If you have any more, then one of the matrices is the zero matrix. But you can achieve \\(6\\):

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\\(\\var{J}\\var{J1}=\\var{J*J1}\\)

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While \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) in all above examples are different, here is an example where they are the same:

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\\(\\var{J}\\var{J}=\\var{J*J}\\)

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Construct two \\(2\\times 2\\) matrices \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) such that \\(AB=0\\) but neither \\(A\\) nor \\(B\\) is the zero matrix.

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\\(A= \\) [[0]]

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\\(B= \\) [[1]]

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You have found {examplecounter-1} correct examples so far.

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Can you make both matrices have no zero entries? [[0]]

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What is the largest number of zeros you can include without either matrix being the zero matrix? [[1]]

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Do the two matrices have to be different or can they be the same? [[2]]

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You can go back to the previous part if you want to test a new example.

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