Engineering
Mathematics
Cube Roots of Unity
Question

Let ω be a complex cube root of unity with ω  1 and P = [pij] be a n × n matrix with pij = ωi+j.
Then P2  0, when n =

55

58

56

57

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Solution

 P=[ω2ω3ω4.........ωn+1ω3ω4     ω4              ωn+1                ω2n]

 p2=[ω2ω3...ωn+1ω3ω4......          ......ωn+1ωn+2...ω2n]  [ω2ω3...ωn+1ω3...  ......          ......ωn+1......ω2n]=[ω4+ω6+ω8+........ω2n+2..............]

for null matrix

            ω4 + ω6 + ω8 +.......... + ω2n + 2 must be zero

            and   in this case each elements and matrix p2 will be zero

            so        ω4 + ω6 + ω8 +.......... + ω2n + 2 have n terms                                  .......(i)

            and      ω4 + ω6 + ω8 = ω + 1 + ω2 = 0

                        ω10 + ω12 + ω14 = 0

            i.e.        ω2n + 2 must gives ω2n · ω2 

            (Last term each triplets in ω2)

                     2n = 3k (k is an integer)

                     n must be divisible by 3 for P2 to be null matrix

                     n = 57