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This document contains an assignment on linear algebra concepts from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. It includes questions to check if sets are vector spaces, if vectors are linearly independent, if sets form a basis, finding bases for subspaces, and applying the Gram-Schmidt process. Students are asked to submit answers for questions 1(i), 2(iii), 3(iii), 4(ii), 7(iii), 8(iv), 9(ii) by September 12th.

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This document contains an assignment on linear algebra concepts from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. It includes questions to check if sets are vector spaces, if vectors are linearly independent, if sets form a basis, finding bases for subspaces, and applying the Gram-Schmidt process. Students are asked to submit answers for questions 1(i), 2(iii), 3(iii), 4(ii), 7(iii), 8(iv), 9(ii) by September 12th.

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Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Thiruvananthapuram
MA211 - Linear Algebra
Tutorial-2
1. Check whether the following are vector spaces or not.
i. V = Ker A, A is a m x n real matrix Ker A = {xRn /Ax = 0}.
ii. V = {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 /x + y + z = 1}.
iii. V = {set of entire polynomials P with real coefficients such that p(0) = 0, p(1) =
0 and p(2) = 0}.
( ! )
a 1
iv. V = / a, b, c ∈ R .
b c
2
v. V = {f : R −→ R/ ddxf2 + f = 0}.
vi. V = {3 × 3 real matrices with diagonal 1, 1, 1}.
2. Find whether the vectors are linearly independent or not.
i. {(1, -3, 5), (2, 2, 4), (4, -4, 14)} in R3 .
ii. {−x2 , 1 + 4x2 } in P3 .
iii. f (x) = x, g(x) = x1 in the vector space of all real valued functions from R+ to R.
iv. {1, sin x, sin 2x} in V = {f : R −→ R}
3. Say True / False and Justify your answer
i. {u, v, w} is linearly independent then {u, u+v, u+v +w} also linearly independent.
ii. If {u, v, w} is linearly independent then all into proper subsets are linearly inde-
pendent.
iii. There is a set of four vectors in R3 , such that any three of which form a linearly
independent set.
iv. Union of linearly independent sets again linearly independent.
4. Check whether the given set is a basis for the corresponding vector space.
i. {(1, 2, 3), (3, 2, 1), (0, 0, 1)} in R3 .
ii. {(1, 1 + t, (1 + t)2 , (1 + t)3 )} in P3 .
5. Find a basis for
i. V = {all 2 × 2 real matrices} over R.
 
1 1 1 2
ii. V = KerA over R, where A =  1 2 4 3 .
 
1 3 9 4
6. Find v such that
i. {x, 1 + x2 , v} is a basis for P2 .
ii. {(1, 5), v} is a basis for R2 .

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7. Find a basis for the given subspace
i. W = xy plane in R3
ii. W = {(x, y, z)/3x + 2y + z = 0} in R3 .
iii. W = {Polynomials p(t) of degree ≤ 2 with real coefficients and p(0) = 0, p(4) =
0} inP2 .
8. Verify
( ! )
a b
i. /a + b = 0 is a subspace of the vector space of 2 x 2 real matrixes.
c 0
( ! )
a 0
ii. /a, bR is a subspace of the vector space of 2 x 2 real matrixes.
0 b
iii. R2 is a subspace of R3 .
iv. Span ({x, x2 }) is a subspace of P3 .
9. Apply Gram-Schmidt process to find an orthonormal basis from the given basis
i. {(1, 0, 3), (2, 2, 0), (3, 1, 2)} in R3 in this order.
ii. {(1, 2, 0), (2, −1, 1), (−2, 6, 4)} in R3 in the given order.

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Assignment-2.

Submit answers of questions 1(i), 2(iii), 3(iii), 4(ii), 7(iii), 8(iv), 9(ii)
on or before 12-09-2022.

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