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The document provides a summary of topics and practice problems to be covered in the Math203 tutorial for weeks 7 and 8. It includes determining subspaces and linear independence, finding bases and spans of vectors, solving systems of linear equations, change of basis, and properties of subspaces. The tutorial will be led by Kai Du in room 39C.190 on Wednesdays from 2-4pm and Fridays from 9:30-11:30am.

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Weeks 78 - Tutorial PDF

The document provides a summary of topics and practice problems to be covered in the Math203 tutorial for weeks 7 and 8. It includes determining subspaces and linear independence, finding bases and spans of vectors, solving systems of linear equations, change of basis, and properties of subspaces. The tutorial will be led by Kai Du in room 39C.190 on Wednesdays from 2-4pm and Fridays from 9:30-11:30am.

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Math203 Tutorial in Weeks 7 & 8

Lecturer: Kai Du
Room: 39C.190
Email: [email protected]
Consultation: Wednesday 2:00pm4:00pm, Friday 9:30am-11:30am

1. Determine whether the following sets form subspace of R3 :


(a) {[x1 , x2 , x3 ]T | x1 + x3 = 1}
(b) {[x1 , x2 , x3 ]T | x1 = x2 = x3 }
(c) {[x1 , x2 , x3 ]T | x1 = x2 + x3 }
(d) {[x1 , x2 , x3 ]T | x1 > 0}
2. Let V and W be subspaces of Rn . Show that
V + W := {v + w | v V, w W }
is also a subspace of Rn .
3. Determine N (A) if

A=

1
5

2
6

3
7

4
8

What is the dimension of N (A)?


4. Given

1
x = 2 ,
3

3
y = 4 ;
2

2
a = 6 ,
6

9
b = 2
5

(a) Is a Span(x, y) ?
(b) Is b Span(x, y) ?
(c) Is Span(x, a) = Span(y, b) ?
5. Determine whether the following vectors are linearly independent:
(a) [1, 1, 1]T , [0, 2, 5]T , [1, 3, 6]T
(b) [1, 1, 2, 4]T , [0, 3, 1, 2]T , [3, 0, 7, 14]T
6. Let v1 , v2 , . . . , vm be linearly independent vectors in Rn . Show that v1 , v2 , . . . , vk are also linearly independent for any k < m.
7. Let v1 , v2 , v3 be vectors in Rn . Show that: v1 , v2 , v3 are linearly independent if and only if v1 + v2 , v2 + v3 ,
v3 + v1 are linearly independent.
8. Given the vectors

3
x = 2 ,
4

3
y = 2 ,
4

(a) What is the dimension of Span(x, y, z) ?


1

6
z = 4 ,
8

2
w= 1
3

(b) What is the dimension of Span(x, y, z, w) ?


(c) Find a basis for Span(x, y, z, w).
9. Show that if U and V are subspaces of Rn and U V = {0}, then
dim(U + V ) = dim U + dim V
10. Let

1
3

x3 =
2
1

2
5

x2 =
4
1

1
2

x1 =
2 ,
3

(a) Show that x1 , x2 , x3 are linearly independent.


(b) Find a vector x4 such that x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 span R4 .
11. Let

1 1
2
2 3
1
1
0 5

1
A= 2
1

(a) What is the rank of A? What is the nullity of A?


(b) Find a basis for R(A).
(c) Find a basis for N (A).
12. Let A be an m n matrix. Show that
rank(A) min{m, n}
13. For each of the choices of A and b that follow, determine the number of solutions fo the system Ax = b.


 
2
1
3
(a) A =
,b=
2 1
1


 
1 4
5
(b) A =
,b=
2 3
5

1 2 3
1
(c) A = 3 2 1 , b = 0
1 2 3
1
14. Let


u1 =

2
3


,

u2 =

1
2


,

v1 =

3
2


,

v2 =

4
3


,

(a) Find the coordinate of x with respect to U = [u1 , u2 ].


(b) Find the transition matrix from U = [u1 , u2 ] to V = [v1 , v2 ].
(c) Find the coordinate of x with respect to V = [v1 , v2 ].
15. Let
p(x) = 4x2 3x + 2
(a) Find the coordinate of p(x) with respect to B1 = [1, x, x2 ].
(b) Find the coordinate of p(x) with respect to B2 = [1 + 2x, x + 2x2 , x2 ].
(c) Find the transition matrix from the ordered basis B1 to the ordered basis B2 .
16. Are the polynomials
1 x + 2x2 ,

2 + 3x + x2 ,

linearly independent?
17. Let U1 and U2 be subspaces of a vector space V .
(a) Show that U1 U2 is a subspace of V .
(b) Is U1 U2 always a subspace of V ? Explain.

1 + 3x + 8x2

x=

2
5

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