AQA FP1 2006 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicLinear transformations

5 The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) is defined by $$\mathbf { M } = \left[ \begin{array} { c c } \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 } } & \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 } }
- \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 } } & \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 } } \end{array} \right]$$
  1. Find the matrix:
    1. \(\mathbf { M } ^ { 2 }\);
    2. \(\mathbf { M } ^ { 4 }\).
  2. Describe fully the geometrical transformation represented by \(\mathbf { M }\).
  3. Find the matrix \(\mathbf { M } ^ { 2006 }\).