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1. The document is a quiz on linear algebra containing 10 multiple choice questions ranging from level K1 to K2. 2. The questions cover topics such as the annihilator of a subset of a vector space, determining when two subspaces are equal, the dimension of a subspace, divisibility of polynomials, linear functions, permutations, properties of triangular matrices, linear operators on vector spaces, and characteristic polynomials of nilpotent linear operators. 3. The quiz is intended for students in the first year of an M.Sc. program in mathematics at Madura College in Madurai, India.

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Quiz - Linear Algebra

1. The document is a quiz on linear algebra containing 10 multiple choice questions ranging from level K1 to K2. 2. The questions cover topics such as the annihilator of a subset of a vector space, determining when two subspaces are equal, the dimension of a subspace, divisibility of polynomials, linear functions, permutations, properties of triangular matrices, linear operators on vector spaces, and characteristic polynomials of nilpotent linear operators. 3. The quiz is intended for students in the first year of an M.Sc. program in mathematics at Madura College in Madurai, India.

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THE MADURA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS (SF)), MADURAI-11

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS


Quiz - Linear Algebra
Class: I M.Sc., Mathematics Course Code: 21P2MMC6
Answer All the Questions
Q. Questions K Level
No.
1. If V is a vector space over the field F and S is a subset of V, the annihilator K1
of S is the set S0 of linear functionals f on V such that-----for every α in S.
(a) f(α) = 0 (b) f(α) < 0 (c) f(α) (d) f(α) > 0
2. If W1 and W2 are subspaces of a finite dimensional vector space, prove that W1 = K2
W2 if and only if -------.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3. If W is a k-dimensional subspace of an n-dimensional vector space V, then W is K2
the intersection of ----- hyperspaces in V.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4. If f be a polynomial over the field F, and let c be an element of F, then f is K2
divisible by x-c if and only if
(a) f(c) = 0 (b) f(c) < 0 (c) f(c) (d) f(c) > 0
5. K2
The expression is a 3-linear function, where the
expressions define a function D on the set of 3 3 matrices over the field of
real numbers.
(a) ( ) (b) ( )
(c) ( ) (d) ( )
6. In a permutation ( ) K2
(a) ( ) ( ) (b) ( )
(c) ( ) (d) ( ) ( )
7. Determinant of a triangular matrix is K2
(a) Product its diagonal entries
(b) Sum of its diagonal entries
(c) Sum of Product of diagonal entries taken 2 at a time
(d)None of these
8. If then ( ) K2
(a) (b) (c) ( ) (d)
9. If T be a linear operator on a finite-dimensional vector space V. K2
(i)There exists a vector α in V such that the T-annihilator of α is the minimal
polynomial for T.
(ii)T has a cyclic vector if and only if the characteristic and minimal polynomials
for T are identical. Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) (i) only (b) (ii) only (c) Both (i) & (ii) (d) None of the above.
10. T is the nilpotent linear operator on a vector space of dimension n then the K2
characteristic polynomial for T is
(a)x (b)xn-1 (c) xn (d) xn+1

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