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    LINEAR ALGEBRA

    ASSIGNMENT 2
    1. Determine whether each set equipped with the given operations is a vector space. For
    those that are not vector spaces identify the vector space axioms that fail.
    a. The set of all pairs of real numbers of the form (x, y), where x ≥ 0, with the
    standard operations on R2.
    b. The set of all triples of real numbers with the standard vector addition but with
    scalar multiplication defined by k(x, y, z) = (k2x, k2y, k2z).
    c. The set of all 2 × 2 matrices of the form

    [ a0 0b]
    with the standard matrix addition and scalar multiplication.
    2. Use Theorem 4.2.1 to determine which of the following are subspaces of R3.
    a. All vectors of the form (a, b, c), where b = a + c.
    b. All vectors of the form (a, b, c), where b = a + c + 1.
    c. All vectors of the form (a, b, 0).
    3. Use Theorem 4.2.1 to determine which of the following are subspaces of P3
    All polynomials a0 + a1x + a2x2 + a3x3 for which a0 + a1 + a2 + a3 = 0.
    4. Express the following as linear combinations of u = (2, 1, 4), v = (1,−1, 3), and w =
    (3, 2, 5): (−9,−7,−15)
    5. In each part, determine whether the vectors span R3.
    a. v1 = (2, 2, 2), v2 = (0, 0, 3), v3 = (0, 1, 1)
    b. v1 = (2,−1, 3), v2 = (4, 1, 2), v3 = (8,−1, 8)
    6. In each part, determine whether the vectors are linearly independent or are linearly
    dependent in P2.
    a. 1 + 3x + 3x2, x + 4x2, 5 + 6x + 3x2, 7 + 2x − x2
    7. In each part, determine whether the three vectors lie in a plane in R3.
    a. v1 = (−6, 7, 2), v2 = (3, 2, 4), v3 = (4,−1, 2)
    8. By using appropriate identities, where required, determine which of the following sets
    of vectors in F(−∞, ∞) are linearly dependent.
    a. (3 − x)2, x2 − 6x, 5
    9. Show that the following matrices form a basis for M22.

    [ 33 −66 ] ,[−10 −10 ] , [−120 −8 , 1 0


    −4 ] [−1 2 ]
    10. Find the coordinate vector of v relative to the basis S = { v1, v2, v3 } for R3
    v = (2,−1, 3); v1 = (1, 0, 0), v2 = (2, 2, 0), v3 = (3, 3, 3)
    11. Find a basis for the solution space of the homogeneous linear system, and find the
    dimension of that space.
    x 1−3 x 2+ x 3=0
    2 x1 −6 x2 +2 x 3=0
    3 x 1−9 x 2+ 3 x 3=0
    12. Find a basis for the subspace of R3 that is spanned by the vectors
    v1 = (1, 0, 0), v2 = (1, 0, 1), v3 = (2, 0, 1), v4 = (0, 0,−1)

    13. Determine whether b is in the column space of A, and if so, express b as a linear
    combination of the column vectors of A

    1 −1 1 5
    [
    A= 9 3 1 b= 1
    1 1 1 −1 ][]
    14. Find bases for the null space and row space of A.

    1 4 52

    [
    A= 2 1 3 0
    −1 3 2 2 ]
    15. Find a subset of the given vectors that forms a basis for the space spanned by those
    vectors, and then express each vector that is not in the basis as a linear combination of
    the basis vectors.
    v1 = (1, 0, 1, 1), v2 = (−3, 3, 7, 1),
    v3 = (−1, 3, 9, 3), v4 = (−5, 3, 5,−1)

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