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    Solutions: Quiz-II

    MTH-201, MTH-201A
    LINEAR ALGEBRA
    Fall-2017
    Date: 14th NOVEMBER 2017

    Time Allowed: 35 mins (5.15-5.50 PM) Max. Marks: 15


    Write your answer in the space provided and explain all the major steps
    1. Let V be the vector space of all polynomials of degree at most equal to 3 with real coefficients. Find the
    ′′
    Jordan cannonical form of the operator T on V given by T (f (x)) = xf (x). [4]
    Ans: The matrix of T with respect to the basis {1, x, x2 , x3 } is
     
    0 0 0 0
     0 0 2 0 
    A=  0 0 0 6 

    0 0 0 0

    Note that A3 = 0. So d1 = N ull(A) = 2, d2 = N ull(A2 ) = 3 and d3 = N ull(A3 ) = 4. So we have exactly 2


    blocks one of size 3 and other of size 1. So the Jordan Cannonical form is
     
    0 0 0 0
     1 0 0 0 
    J =  0 1 0 0 

    0 0 0 0

    2. Let V be an inner product space over C and T be a normal operator on V . Suppose that T 10 = T 8 .
    Prove that T is self-adjoint and that T 3 = T . [4]
    Ans: If a is an eigen value of T , then a10 = a8 . So a8 (a2 − 1) = 0 and hence the eigen values of A are
    {0, 1, −1}. Since T is normal, it is diagonalizable and so there exists a basis of eigen vectors. If v is an
    eigen vector corresponding any of the three eigenvalues then T 3 (v) = T (v). So T 3 and T have the same
    value on any basis element and hence T 3 = T .
    3. Prove that there is no 3 × 3 matrix A over Q such that A8 = I but A4 6= I. [3]
    Ans: A satisfy the polynomial x8 − 1 = (x4 − 1)(x4 + 1). If A4 6= I then the minimal polynomial of A
    divides X 4 + 1. Now since X 4 + 1 can not be factored over Q, the minimal polunomial is x4 + 1 which is
    absurd.
    R1
    4. Let V be the space of polynomials in one variable over C with inner product (f, g) = 0 f (t)g(t)dt. Let
    f be a polynomial and let Tf be the operator on V defined by Tf (g) = f g. Find the adjoint of Tf . [4]
    R1 R1
    Ans: (Tf (g), h) = (f g, h) = 0 f (t)g(t)h(t)dt = 0 g(t)(f (t)h(t))dt = (g, f h) = (g, Tf (h)). So by definition
    the adjoint is Tf .
    ———————————–ROUGH——————————

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