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2 1
2 1
1 1
1 1
2 1
4 2
1 1
2 2
.
Is this an orthogonal set?
(c) Obtain a representation of the 2 2 identity matrix in terms of the basis given above.
5. Let / : R
3
R
3
be a linear operator. Consider the two sets B = b
1
, b
2
, b
3
and C = c
1
, c
2
, c
3
below
B =
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
, C =
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
.
It should be clear to you that these are bases for R
3
.
(a) Find the transformation P relating the two bases.
(b) Suppose the linear operator / maps
/b
1
=
2
1
0
, /b
2
=
0
0
0
, /b
3
=
0
4
2
.
Write down the matrix representation of / with respect to the basis B and also with respect to
the basis C.
Be careful with this one! You know that a similarity transformation is involved be sure to
carefully justify your choice for the required matrix.
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6. In Figure 1 a mass M slides over a frictionless wire and is connected to a spring with spring constant
k. The spring is in an unstretched position when it is at an angle of 45 degrees from the vertical. The
mass is subject to a force input u. The output of the system is the mass displacement z. Obtain a
state space description for this system.
Is this system
(a) causal,
(b) time-varying,
(c) linear,
(d) memoryless,
(e) nite-dimensional?
Explain.
Figure 1: Mass-spring system.
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