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Mathematics Engineering Linear Algebra Vector Spaces Questions

This document contains a mathematics tutorial sheet with 12 problems. It covers topics like determining if sets are subspaces, finding bases and dimensions of subspaces, computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and determining if linear transformations are linear. The document provides answers to the problems at the end.

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Mathematics Engineering Linear Algebra Vector Spaces Questions

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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

School of Mathematics
Mathematics – II (UMA004): Tutorial sheet 09

1. Let V3 be a vector space. Examine whether the following are subspaces or not?
(i) W  {( a , b, c ) | ab  0} (v) W  {( a, b, c ) | a 2  b 2  c 2  1}
(ii) W  {( a , b, c ) | a  b  c} (vi) W  {( a, b, c ) | b  4c  0}
(iii) W  {( a, b, c) | b  a 2 } (vii) W  {( a, b, c) | 2a  5b}
(iv) W  {( a, b, c) | b  2a} (viii) W  {( a,2 a, a  1) | a  R}
2. Let V be a vector space of all the polynomials of degree  6 . Which of the following are subspaces?
Justify your answers? Given that, in each case f (x ) belongs to V .
(i) W  { f ( x) | deg f ( x)  4} (iv) W  { f ( x ) | f (0)  1}
(ii) W  { f ( x ) | f ( 2)  0 & f (5)  0} (v) W  { f ( x ) | f ( x ) having -ve coefficients}
(iii) W  { f ( x ) | coeffcient of x is 2 or  2}
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(vi) W  { f ( x ) | deg f ( x )  3}
3. Which of the following are the subspaces of C ( a, b ) , where C ( a, b ) is a vector space of all the real
valued functions defined and continuous on ( a, b)
(i) { f  C ( a, b ) | f ( x )  0  x  ( a , b)} (ii) { f  C ( a, b) | f (( a  b) / 2)  1}
4. For what value of k , will the vector v  (1, k ,4)  V3 is a linear combination of (1, 3, 2) and
(2, 1, 1) .
5. Which of the following subsets of the vector space of all the real polynomials are L.I.
(i) S  {x 2  1, x  1, x  1} (ii) S  {x 2  4, x  2, x  2, x 2 3}
6. Examine whether (1, 3,  5) belong to the linear space generated by S (that is span of S (  S  )), where
S  {(1,2,1), (1,1,  1), ( 4,5,2)} .
7. Which of the following polynomials are in [ x 3 , x 2  2 x, x 2  2, x  1]
(i) 3x 2  x  5 (ii) x 3  3 x 2  3 x  7
8. Examine whether the following set of vectors in V3 forms a basis or not?
(i) {(1,1,1), (1, 2, 3), ( 1, 0,1)} (iii) {(1,0,0), (0,1,0), (1,1,0), (1,1,1)}
(ii) {(1, 2 / 5,  1), (0, 1, 2), (3 / 4, 1, 1)} (iv) {(1, 2,  1), (0, 3, 1)}
9. Find basis and dimension of the subspace U of vector space V in the following cases:
(i) U  { p  P5 | p  0}, V  P5
(ii) U  {( x1 , x2 , , x5 )  V5 | x1  x2  x3  0, 3 x1  x4  7 x5  0} , V  V5
10. Let P be the space of real polynomials of degree at most 3. Let W1  { f ( x ) | f (1)  0, f ( x )  P3 } ,
W2  { f ( x ) | f (1)  0, f ( x )  P3 } be subspaces of P3 . Find the basis and dimension of W1 , W2 and
W1  W2 .
11. Determine the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvector for the following matrices:
 3 1 1  1 1 2   3 2 4
3 1 
(i) 6 2 

(ii)  2 1 2   
(iii)  1 2 1   (iv) 2 0 2
   0 1 2   0 1 1 4 2 3
12. Which of the following maps are Linear:
(i) T : V1  V3 defined by T ( x )  ( x, 2 x, 3 x )
(ii) T : V3  V3 defined by T ( x, y , z )  ( x 2  xy , xy , , yz )
(iii) T : V3  V2 defined by T ( x, y , z )  ( x, y )

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Answers

1. Subspaces: (iv),(vi), (vii).


2. Subspaces: (ii), (vi).
3. Subspaces: (i).
4. k 7.
5. (i).
6. No.
7. (i).
8. (ii).
9. i) {1, x, 2 x 3 , 5 x 4 , 9 x 5 } , dim = 5.
ii) {( 1,1, 0, 3, 0), ( 1, 0,1, 3, 0), (0, 0, 0, 7,1)} , dim = 3.
10. B1  {x  1, x 2  1, x3  1} , dim = 3.
B2  {1, x 2  2 x, x3  3 x} , dim = 3.
B3  { x 2  2 x  1, x 3  3 x  2} , dim = 2.
11. i)   0, 5 , (1, 3), (1, 2) .
ii)   1, 2, 3 , (0,1,1), (1, 0,1), (1, 1,1) .
iii)   1, 2,1 , (1, 0,1), (1, 3,1), (3, 2,1) .
iv)   1, 1,8 , [(1, 2, 0), (0, 2,1)], (2,1, 2) .
12. (i), (iii)

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