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Romania District Olympiad 2003 - Grade XI

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March 18, 2011
linear algebralinear algebra unsolved

Problem Statement

In the xOyxOy system, consider the collinear points Ai(xi,yi), 1i4A_i(x_i,y_i),\ 1\le i\le 4, such that there are invertible matrices MM4(C)M\in \mathcal{M}_4(\mathbb{C}) such that (x1,x2,x3,x4)(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) and (y1,y2,y3,y4)(y_1,y_2,y_3,y_4) are their first two lines. Prove that the sum of the entries of M1M^{-1} doesn't depend of MM.
Marian Andronache