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The document contains 9 problems assessing concepts in linear algebra including determining if sets form fields, vector spaces, and subspaces. It asks the student to prove or disprove properties, find bases, and determine dimensions for various sets of numbers, functions, matrices, and vectors. Key concepts covered include fields, vector spaces, subspaces, bases, dimensions, and properties of sets under vector space operations.

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Ell701 Assignment1

The document contains 9 problems assessing concepts in linear algebra including determining if sets form fields, vector spaces, and subspaces. It asks the student to prove or disprove properties, find bases, and determine dimensions for various sets of numbers, functions, matrices, and vectors. Key concepts covered include fields, vector spaces, subspaces, bases, dimensions, and properties of sets under vector space operations.

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Marks: 100 ELL 701: Assignment 1

(1) Can {0, 1} be a field for some operations of addition and multiplication? Justify. (5)
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(2) Consider a set of all real numbers of the form α + β 2 where α and β are rational. Is
this set with the usual operations of addition and multiplication (as defined for reals) a
field? (10)
(3) Let V be the set of all pairs (x, y) of real numbers, and let F be the field of real numbers.
Define
(x1 , y1 ) + (x2 , y2 ) = (x1 + x2 , y1 + y2 )
c(x1 , y1 ) = (cx1 , y1 )
Is V with these operations a vector space over the field of reals? (10)
(4) A real-valued function f defined on the real line is called an even function if f (−t) = f (t)
for each real number t. Prove that the set of even functions defined on the real line with
the operations of addition and scalar multiplication defined below is a vector space over
the field of reals. (5)
(f + g)(t) = f (t) + g(t)
(cf )(t) = cf (t)
(5) (a) Is R2 a subspace of R3 ? (5)
(b) Is R2 a subspace of C2 ? (5)
n×n
(c) Is the space of all n × n upper triangular matrices a subspace of R ? (5)
(d) Let V be the space of all functions f from R to R with usual operations of addition
and scalar multiplication as defined in Prob. 4. Is the set of all functions such
f (x2 ) = f (x)2 a subspace of V? (5)
     
1 0 1
3
(6) (a) Find a basis for the subspace of R spanned by the vectors: 1 , 1 , 2
     (5)
 0
 1 1

 α 
3
(b) Consider a subspace W of R given by α + β : α, β ∈ R . It is easy to see

 β 
that the standard basis of R3 spans W . Can we say that it is also a basis of W ?
What is dim W ? (5)
(7) What is the dimension of the space of all n × n symmetric matrices over the field R? (5)

(8) Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and let dim V = n. Prove the following:
(a) any subset of V containing more that n vectors is linearly dependent. (5)
(b) no subset of V containing less than n vectors can span V . (5)
(9) Let V be the set of all 2 × 2 matrices A with complex entries such that A11 + A22 = 0.
(a) Show that V is a vector space over the field of reals. (5)
(b) Find a basis for V (10)
(c) Let W be the set of all matrices A in V such that A21 = −A¯12 (bar denotes complex
conjugation). Prove that W is a subspace of V and find a basis for W . (10)

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