Assignment I
Assignment I
UPES, Dehradun
Program B.Sc. Hons. (Physics, Semester I
Chemistry, Mathematics &
Geology)
Course Linear Algebra I Course Code MATH 1057
Session July-Dec 2024 Units I & II
S. No. Questions COs
1. Find a cubic polynomial whose graph passes through the points (1, 3), CO1
(2, −2), (3, −5), and (4, 0).
2. Determine all values of 𝑘 for which the following matrices are linearly CO1
independent in 𝑀2𝑋2 .
1 0 −1 0 2 0
[ ], [ ], and [ ]
1 𝑘 𝑘 1 1 3
3. 1 CO1
Find a 3 x 3 matrix 𝐴 that has eigenvalues 1, −1, and 0, and for which [−1],
1
1 1
[1] and [−1] are their corresponding eigenvectors.
0 0
4. Let 𝑓 = cos2 𝑥 and 𝑔 = sin2 𝑥. Which of the following lie in the space CO2
spanned by 𝑓 and 𝑔?
(a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2𝑥
(b) 3 + 𝑥 2
(c) 1
(d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥
(e) 0
5. Determine whether a set containing all functions 𝑓 for which 𝑓(−𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥) CO2
is a subspace of 𝐹(−∞, ∞) or not.