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Department of Mathematics MAL 110 (Mathematics I) Tutorial Sheet No. 6 Linear Algebra and Matrix

This document contains 19 math tutorial problems covering topics in linear algebra including vector spaces, subspaces, linear transformations, matrices, and systems of equations. Problems involve determining whether sets are vector spaces or subspaces, finding bases, ranges and null spaces of linear transformations, reducing matrices to row echelon form, and solving systems of equations.

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Department of Mathematics MAL 110 (Mathematics I) Tutorial Sheet No. 6 Linear Algebra and Matrix

This document contains 19 math tutorial problems covering topics in linear algebra including vector spaces, subspaces, linear transformations, matrices, and systems of equations. Problems involve determining whether sets are vector spaces or subspaces, finding bases, ranges and null spaces of linear transformations, reducing matrices to row echelon form, and solving systems of equations.

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Department of Mathematics

MAL 110 (Mathematics I)


Tutorial Sheet No. 6
Linear Algebra and Matrix
1. Let V be the set of all pairs (x, y) of real numbers and let F be the field of real numbers. Define

(x, y) + (x1 , y1 ) = (x + x1 , y + y1 )
c · (x, y) = (cx, y)
Is V , with these operations, a vector space over the field of real numbers?
2. Let V = R3 be a vector space under usual addition and scaler multiplication. Define W , a subset of V , by

W = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) : x1 = x2 = x3 + 1}
Show that W is not a vector subspace of V .
3. Let,

M = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) : x1 + x2 + 4x3 = 0}
N = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) : x1 + x2 + x3 = 0}
∩
Determine bases for M + N and M N as subspaces of R3 .
W1 and W2 be subspaces of R8 and dim(W1 ) = 6, dim(W2 ) = 5. What are the possible dimensions of
4. Let ∩
W1 W2 ?
5. Let W1 be a vector space of matrices of the form :
[ ]
x −x
M=
y z

and let W2 be a vector space of matrices of the form :


[ ]
a b
M=
−a c
∩
Find the dimensions of W1 , W2 , W1 + W2 and W1 W2 .
6. Let P2 be a vector space of polynomials of degree ≤ 2 with real coefficients. Which of the following sets form
a basis for P2 ?

(a) {1 − t, t(1 − t), 1 − t2 }


(b) {t2 − 1, t2 + 3t − 2, t2 + 1}

7. Determine which of the following equations define a linear transformation in the space P of polynomials?

(a) T (P ) = xP (x)
(b) T (P ) = P (x + 1) − P (0)

8. Determine the range and null space of the linear transformation :

T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (x1 − x2 + x3 , x2 − x3 , x1 )
Also determine rank(T ) and nullity(T ).
9. Determine a linear transformation T : R3 → R3 whose range space is spanned by {(1, 2, 0), (0, 1, 1)}.

1
10. Determine explicitly the linear transformation
T : R2 → R2 such that T (2, 3) = (4, 5) and T (1, 0) = (0, 1) .
11. Let T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (0, x1 , x2 ) for all (x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ R3 . Find the matrix representation of T with respect to
the basis B = {(1, 0, , 0), (1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1)}.
12. Let T : P 3 → P 3 be defined by :
d
T {P (x)} = P (x)
dx
Determine the matrix of T with respect to the basis {1, x, x2 , x3 }. Also determine the transformation whose
matrix with respect to the above basis is :
 
1 0 0 0
 1 1 0 0 
 
 1 1 1 0 
1 1 1 1
13. Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and let T be a linear operator on V . Suppose that

rank(T 2 ) = rank(T ).
Prove that the range and null space of T are disjoint i.e. have only the zero vector in common.
14. Let V (C([0, 1])) be the vector space of all complex valued continuous functions on the unit interval, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.
If f (t), g(t) in V , define
∫ 1
< f, g > = f (t).g(t) dt
0
Prove that this is an inner product.
15. Let <, > be the standard inner product on R2 . Let α = (1, 2); β = (−1, 1). If γ is a vector such that
< α, γ > = − 1 and < β, γ > = 3, find γ.
16. Reduce the following matrices into row echelon form and find it’s rank.
 
1 2 −1 2  
 2  1 1 1
3 5 4 
(a) 
 3 (b)  a b c 
−4 −6 7 
a3 b3 c3
4 5 8 2

17. If A and B are matrices of the same order, show that

rank(A + B) ≤ rank(A) + rank(B).

18. Find the values of λ for which the following system has non-trivial solution :

3x + y − λz = 0
4x − 2y − 3z = 0
2λ + 4y + λz = 0.

19. Solve the following system of equations :

x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 0, 2x1 + x2 + x3 = 1, x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 2.

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