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Department of Computing, Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Namibia,

Windhoek
S3511ML Linear Algebra I Tutorial 4 29 April 2024

Question 1. Define the following. Make use of your lecture’s notes to understand and be able to give
clear definitions.

(a) A field F.

(b) A vector space V over the field F.

(c) A family of elements of a set S.

(d) A subspaces S of a vector space V .

[(e) T + S and T ⊕ S, where T and S are subspaces of a vector space V .

(f) T ∪ S and T ∩ S, where T and S are subspaces of a vector space V .

(g) The spanning set of vectors.

Question 2 Prove the following statements. Please try to understand more proving of statements
given in your lecture’s notes.

(a) The set of rational numbers Q is a field

(b) The set of Galois 2 is a field.

(c) The set {0} is a subspace of the vector space V and 0 belongs to every subspace of V .

(d) T ∩ S is a subspace whenever T and S are subspaces of a vector space V .

Question 3 Disprove the following statements (with an example).

(a) The set of N is not a vector space.

(b) If T and S are subspaces of a vector space V , then S ∪ T is not a subspace of V .

Question 4

1. Determine whether or not, the given vectors (v1 , v2 , v3 ) are in the spanning set of the vector b, in
each case
       
2 −1 3 10
(a) v1 =  1  , v2 =  −2  , v3 =  3  and b =  11 .
       

4 1 −1 4
     
2 4 2
(b) v1 =  −1  , v2 =  2  and b =  −5 .
     

3 1 8
     
2 4 −2
(c) v1 =  −1  , v2 =  2  and b =  9 .
     

3 1 0

1
! !
2 1
2. Let v1 = , v2 = . Show that the vectors v1 and v2 span R2 .
1 3
 
3
3 . Find the values of a and b, for which the vector b =  a  is in the span of the vectors
 

b
     
1 2 −1
v1 =  3  , v2 =  6  , v3 =  −3  .
     

2 4 −2

Question 5

1. Determine whether the given subspaces satisfy V = U1 ⊕ U2 .


     
 x
 
  0
 

(a) U1 =  0  |x ∈ R , U2 =  y  |y, z ∈ R .
   
   
0 z
   
     
 x
 
  0
 

(b) U1 =  y  |x, y ∈ R , U2 =  y  |y, z ∈ R .
   
   
0 z
   
( ! ) ( ! )
x y
(c) U1 = |x ∈ R , U2 = |y ∈ R .
0 y

2. For the following find U1 ∩ U2 .


     
 2a
 
  d
 

(a) U1 =  0  |a, b ∈ R , U2 =  c  |c, d, e ∈ R .
   
   
b e
   
     

 x 
 
 y 

(b) U1 =  −y  |x, y ∈ R , U2 =  2y  |y, z ∈ R .
   
   
−3x −z
   

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