Math 308L WINTER 2014

Final Exam
March 20, 2014

Name:

Student ID Number:

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• The exam is 110 minutes long. There are 8 problems. Read all of the problems carefully
before starting to work on them.
• You are allowed to use an 8.5 × 11 sheet of handwritten notes (you may use both sides).
You may use a calculator that does not handle matrices and systems of linear equations. No
electronic devices (cell-phones, tablets etc) or graphing calculators are allowed.
• Show all of your work! You will receive no credit for a problem where you just provide
an answer and do not show your work. If you need more room, use the backs of pages. If
you do so, please make a note for the grader (for example an arrow and a comment along the
lines of “continued on back”).
• Write legibly and in an organized manner. If your work is not in a sequential manner,
then I will not be able to follow it and hence will not be able to assign any credit.
• Box your final answer.
• If you have any questions, please raise your hand.
• Good luck!
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1. Let A = . The matrix A has two eigenvalues λ1 and λ2 . The eigenspace Eλ1 is
0.5 0.5
   
2 2
spanned by ~u1 = . The other eigenspace Eλ2 is spanned by u~2 =
2 −2

(a) (3 points) Find λ1 and λ2 .

 
2
(b) (4 points) Let ~x0 = . Let k ≥ 1 be an integer. Find a formula for Ak ~x0 .
4

(c) (3 points) Find lim Ak ~x0 .

k→∞
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2. (10 points) Let V = Span(S) be a vector space, where

     

 2 2 2 
2   −2  4 
    
S=  , ,  .


 0  0   3 

0 0 5
 

The set S is a linearly independent set of vectors, ( i.e. S is a basis for V ).

Use the Gram Schmidt process to find an ORTHONORMAL basis B = {w
~ 1, w ~ 3 } for V .
~ 2, w
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3. Let T : R2 → R3 be a linear transformation satisfying

   
  2   −1
2 2
T = 0  T = 0 
2 −2
10 −5
 
1
(a) (2 points) Find T .
0

 
0
(b) (2 points) Find T .
1

(contd. - see next page)

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(c) (4 points) Find a basis for Range(T ).

(d) (2 points) Find the dimension of N ull space(T ).

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 
1 2 −1 1
 −1 0 2 −2 
4. Let B = 
 3
.
6 1 1 
2 4 −2 5

(a) (6 points) Find an upper triangular matrix U such that U is row equivalent to B and
det(B) = det(U ). .

(b) (4 points) Find det(B).

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 
1 −2 −1
5. (a) (5 points) Let A =  0 1 2 . Find a basis for the following vector space
0 0 1

V = { ~x | A~x = AT ~x }.
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3 4 1 0 −43 132
(b) (5 points) Let M = and D = and B = M DM −1 = .
1 1 0 −10 −11 34
Compute D4 and B 4 .
(Hint : Is it easier to compute D4 first ? Can you compute B 4 using D4 and M somehow?)
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6. (a) (8 points) Construct a 2 × 3 matrix F such that the linear transformation T : R3 → R2

given by

T : R3 → R2 ,
T (~x) = F ~x,

satisfies the following properties

   
2   2  
2 3
T 2 = , T  −2  = .
4 5
0 0

 
2
(b) (2 points) Using the linear transformation T you constructed in part(a), find T  4 .
1
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7. Suppose G is a 4×4 DEFECTIVE matrix with characteristic polynomial p(t) = (t−8)3 (t−9).
Also, suppose that there exists a linearly independent set S = {~u1 , ~u2 , ~u3 } such that ~u1 , ~u2
and ~u3 are eigenvectors for A.

a) (4 points) Determine rank(G − 8I4 ). Justify your answer completely.

b) (3 points) Determine det(G). Provide all the steps.

c) (3 points) Determine the row reduced echelon form of G. Justify your answer completely.
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8. (I) (3 points) Only one of the following statements is false. Choose the FALSE statement.
(i) There exist two matrices A and B such that their characteristic polynomials equal
t but the row reduced echelon forms of A and B are not equal to each other.
(ii) There exist two matrices A and B such that their characteristic polynomials equal
t2 but the row reduced echelon forms of A and B are not equal to each other.
(iii) There exist two matrices A and B such that their characteristic polynomials equal
t3 but the row reduced echelon forms of A and B are not equal to each other.
(iv) There exist two matrices A and B such that their characteristic polynomials equal
t4 but the row reduced echelon forms of A and B are not equal to each other.

(II) (4 points) Only one of the following statements is true. Choose the TRUE statement.
   
2 2
(a) There exists a linear transformation T : R2 → R such that T = 1, T =
2 −2
 
2
−1 and T = 0.
4
   
2 2 2
(b) There exists a linear transformation T : R → R such that T = 1, T =
2 −2
 
2
−1 and T = 2.
4
   
2 2 2
(c) There exists a linear transformation T : R → R such that T = 1, T =
2 −2
 
2
−1 and T = −2.
4
   
2 2 2
(d) There exists a linear transformation T : R → R such that T = 1, T =
2 −2
 
2
−1 and T = 4.
4

(III) (3 points) Let A be a 4 × 4 matrix with eigenvalues λ1 =

 2 = −1. The matrix
1 andλ

 2 
 
4 

A is not defective. Also, N ull space(A + I4 ) = Span   3 . Only one of the

 
5
 
following statements is true. Choose the TRUE statement.
(a) The row reduced echelon form of A + I4 is the identity matrix I4 .
(b) The algebraic multiplicity of the eigenvalue λ2 equals 2.
(c) The geometric multiplicity of the eigenvalue λ1 equals 1.
(d) The dimension of N ull Space(A − I4 ) equals 3.