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E 231 Assignment # 4: Page 1 - Version September 25, 2017

This document outlines 6 problems for a linear algebra assignment: 1) Find and sketch vectors equidistant from two given vectors under different norms. 2) If a matrix A satisfies A*A=A, its eigenvalues must be 0 or 1. 3) If a matrix A maps its range space into its null space, its eigenvalues must be 0. 4) Orthogonal complements of subspaces satisfy certain properties. 5) Find the Jordan canonical forms of several matrices. 6) Prove properties of idempotent and semi-simple matrices.

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E 231 Assignment # 4: Page 1 - Version September 25, 2017

This document outlines 6 problems for a linear algebra assignment: 1) Find and sketch vectors equidistant from two given vectors under different norms. 2) If a matrix A satisfies A*A=A, its eigenvalues must be 0 or 1. 3) If a matrix A maps its range space into its null space, its eigenvalues must be 0. 4) Orthogonal complements of subspaces satisfy certain properties. 5) Find the Jordan canonical forms of several matrices. 6) Prove properties of idempotent and semi-simple matrices.

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E 231 Assignment # 4

Issued: September 25, 2017 Due: October 02, 2017

1 Geometry in R2
Consider two vectors in R2 :
 T  T
v= 0 0 , w= 4 4
Sketch the set of vectors equidistant from v and w under
(a) k k2 (b) k k (c) k k1 .
In other words, find and sketch all vectors x such that kx vk = kx wk.
2 Eigenvectors
Let A Cnn . Suppose A A = A. What can you say about Spec{A} ?
3 Range and Null Spaces
Let A Cnn . Suppose A maps R(A) into N (A). What can you say about Spec(A)?
4 Orthogonal Complements
Let S and T be subspaces of Cn .
(a) Suppose S T . Show that S T
(b) Show that (S + T ) = S T
5 Jordan forms
Find the Jordan canonical forms for the following matrices:

   
1 2 2 11
(a) (c)
2 4 0 2
 
1 2 0 0

3 2
(b) 2 4 0 0
1 0
(d)
0 0 3 1
0 0 2 0

6 Jordan Forms
This is hard.
A square matrix is called idempotent if A2 = A.
A square matrix A Cnn is called semi-simple if it has n linearly independent eigenvectors. As
a consequence, its Jordan canonical form is diagonal.
(a) Suppose A Cnn is idempotent, show that A is semi-simple.
(b) Suppose A Cnn is semi-simple. Show that nullity(A) = multiplicity of the zero eigen-
value.

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