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The document consists of a series of questions related to vector spaces, including closure under addition and scalar multiplication, properties of vector spaces, and subspaces of polynomials. It also involves determining whether certain polynomials can be expressed as linear combinations of others and checking the validity of various statements about spans of subsets in vector spaces. The questions are structured to assess understanding of vector space concepts and operations.

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Week 1

The document consists of a series of questions related to vector spaces, including closure under addition and scalar multiplication, properties of vector spaces, and subspaces of polynomials. It also involves determining whether certain polynomials can be expressed as linear combinations of others and checking the validity of various statements about spans of subsets in vector spaces. The questions are structured to assess understanding of vector space concepts and operations.

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Week 1: Assignment 1

Let V=[0,∞)V=[0,∞). For u,v∈Vu,v∈V , define addition u+v:=uvu+v:=uv and for a∈Ra∈R, define scalar
multiplication as a.u:=|a|ua.u:=|a|u. Determine the following:
1 point
1. Is VV closed under vector addition?

Yes

No
1 point
2. Is VV closed under scalar multiplication?

Yes

No
3 points
3. Which of the properties in the definition of a vector space that were given in the lecture, are
satisfied by VV with these operations?

Property I

Property II

Property III

Property IV

Property V

Property VI

Property VII

Property VIII
1 point
4. Is VV a vector space with these operations?

Yes

No

Let V=R2V=R2 with the usual addition operation and scalar multiplication given by

a.(x1,x2):={(ax1,x2/a)0whena≠0whena=0a.(x1,x2):={(ax1,x2/a)whena≠00whena=0Determine
the following:
1 point
5. Is VV closed under vector addition?

Yes

No
1 point
6. Is VV closed under scalar multiplication?
Yes

No
3 points
7. Which of the properties in the definition of a vector space that were given in the lecture, are
satisfied by VV with these operations?

Property I

Property II

Property III

Property IV

Property V

Property VI

Property VII

Property VIII
1 point
8. Is VV a vector space with these operations?

Yes

No

3 points
9. Which of the following are subspaces of P3(R)P3(R), the vector space of polynomials of degree
less than or equal to 3?

U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:a0=0}U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:a0=0}

U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:aiϵZfor0≤i≤3}U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:aiϵZfor0≤i≤3}

U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:a0+a1+a2+a3=0}U={a0+a1x+a2x2+a3x3:a0+a1+a2+a3=0}
3 points
10. In the following list of polynomials, determine whether the first polynomial can be expressed as a
linear combination of the other two in P3(R)P3(R).
Check the corresponding boxes

x3−4x+6,x3+2x2−x+1,x3+3x2−1x3−4x+6,x3+2x2−x+1,x3+3x2−1

5x3+5x2+2x+9,2x3+x2+4,x3+3x2+2x+15x3+5x2+2x+9,2x3+x2+4,x3+3x2+2x+1

2x3−x2−2x+6,x3−x+2,x3−x2+32x3−x2−2x+6,x3−x+2,x3−x2+3
6 points
11. Let AA and BB be subsets of a vector space VV. Check only those boxes which have statements
which are true.
span(AA) ⊆⊆ span(BB ) if AA ⊆⊆ BB

span(AA) = span(BB ) if and only if A=BA=B

span(AA ∩B∩B ) ⊆⊆ span(A)∩A)∩ span(BB)

UU is a subspace of VV if and only if span(U)=UU)=U

span(AA) = span(BB ) if and only if A⊆A⊆ span(BB) and B⊆B⊆ span(AA)

span(A∪BA∪B ) ⊆⊆ span(A)∪A)∪ span(BB )

span(AA) = (span(Ac))cAc))c

6 points
12. Check the boxes corresponding to the true statements below

There exist distinct vectors u,v,w∈R3u,v,w∈R3 such that span({u,vu,v}) = span({u,wu,w})

There exist distinct vectors u,v,w∈R3u,v,w∈R3 such that span({v,wv,w}) = span({u,v,wu,v,w})

There exist distinct vectors u,v,w∈R3u,v,w∈R3 such that span({u,vu,v}) = span({v,wv,w}) =


span({u,v,wu,v,w})

There exist distinct vectors u,v,w∈R3u,v,w∈R3 such that span({u,wu,w}) ≠≠ span({u,v,wu,v,w})

There exist distinct vectors u,v,w∈R3u,v,w∈R3 such that span({u,vu,v}) = span({v,wv,w}) =


span({u,v,wu,v,w}),but such that span({u,wu,w}) ≠≠ span({u,v,wu,v,w}).

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