Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -2 \\ 2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$. If $M$ and $N$ are two matrices given by $M = \sum_{k=1}^{10} A^{2k}$ and $N = \sum_{k=1}^{10} A^{2k-1}$,then $MN^2$ is

If $f(\theta ) = \left| \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & \cos \theta & 1 \\ - \sin \theta & 1 & - \cos \theta \\ - 1 & \sin \theta & 1 \end{array} \right|$ and $A$ and $B$ are respectively the maximum and the minimum values of $f(\theta )$,then $(A, B)$ is equal to

If each element of a second order determinant is either zero or one,what is the probability that the value of the determinant is positive? (Assume that the individual entries of the determinant are chosen independently,each value being assumed with probability $\frac{1}{2}$).

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & 4 \\ 5 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} x & 0 \\ 0 & y \end{bmatrix}$,where $x, y \in \mathbb{N}$,then:

Let $X = \left\{\begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix} : a, b, c, d \in \mathbb{R} \right\}$. Define $f: X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ by $f(A) = \operatorname{det}(A), \forall A \in X$. Then, $f$ is

If the matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 3 & 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$ satisfies the equation $A^{20} + \alpha A^{19} + \beta A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ for some real numbers $\alpha$ and $\beta$,then $\beta - \alpha$ is equal to ........ .