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Change of Basis Exercises

The document contains a series of exercises for a first-year Data Sciences course focused on linear algebra, specifically on change of basis and linear transformations. It includes various problems that require computing matrix representations of transformations, verifying relationships between different bases, and exploring properties of linear maps. The exercises are designed to deepen understanding of linear transformations in both finite-dimensional vector spaces and polynomial spaces.

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Change of Basis Exercises

The document contains a series of exercises for a first-year Data Sciences course focused on linear algebra, specifically on change of basis and linear transformations. It includes various problems that require computing matrix representations of transformations, verifying relationships between different bases, and exploring properties of linear maps. The exercises are designed to deepen understanding of linear transformations in both finite-dimensional vector spaces and polynomial spaces.

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USTHB 2023/2024

Faculty of mathematics 1-st year Data sciences


Departement of algebra and numbers theory Module: Algebra 2

Exercises Series N ◦ : 4
Change of basis

Exercice 1 Let T : R3 → R2 be the linear transformation defined by


T (x, y, z) = (x + y + z, x + 3y + 5z)
Let β and γ be the standard bases for R3 and R2 respectively. Also consider another basis
α = {(1, 1, 1), (2, 3, 4), (3, 4, 6)} for R3 .
1. Compute the matrix representation [T ]γβ .
2. Compute the matrix representation [T ]γα .
3. Compute Q the change of coordinate matrix from β to α.
4. Check that [T ]γα · Q = [T ]γβ .
5. Let x = (1, 5, 7). What is [x]β ? Use this, together with Q, to find [x]α .
Exercice 2 A linear transformation from R3 to R2 is defined by
T (x, y, z) = (x − y − z, −x + z)
Let B and C be the bases
{(2, 0, 0), (−1, 2, 0), (1, 1, 1)} and {(0, −1), (1, 2)}
of R3 and R2 respectively. Find the matrix which represents T with respect to these bases.
Exercice 3 Let us denote by B = (e1 , e2 ) the canonical basis of R2 . Start by specifying the
vectors e1 and e2 .
1. We consider the linear map f of R2 of matrix A into the base B :
 
11 −4
A= .
30 −11
Specify the vectors f (e1 ), f (e2 ), f (2, 5), f (1, 3).
2. We set v1 = (2, 5) and v2 = (1, 3). Show that B ′ = (v1 , v2 ) is a base of R2 . Which is the
matrix B of f in this basis ?
3. What is the matrix P for passing from base B to base B ′ ?
4. Write the formula connecting A and B. Calculate P −1 and check this formula.
5. Determine that imf and kerf.
Exercice 4 We consider the linear applications :
f : R3 → R2 ; (x, y, z) →
7 (2x − z, 3x + y + 2z)
g : R2 → R3 ; (x, y) → 7 (x + y, −y, 2x − y).
1. Find the matrix A of f with respect to the standard bases of R3 and R2 . Then, find the
matrix B of g with respect to the standard bases of R2 and R3
2. Find AB, BA, (AB)2 .
3. Show that AB is an invertible matrix. Specify (AB)−1 .
4. Give the application (f ◦ g)2 .

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1 Additional exercises
Exercice 5 Let f : R3 → R3 the map defined by

f (x, y, z) = (−y + z, −y, x − y)

1. Show that f is linear. Is it a vector space isomorphism ?


2. Find the matrix A which represents f with respect to the standard basis of R3 .
3. Calculate A2 . Deduce the expression of the map f −1 .

Exercice 6 Find the matrix of change of basis P from the basis B = {x2 +x+1, x2 +1, x−1}
to C = {2x2 + 3x + 1, 2x2 + 2x + 1, −x2 − 2} for P2 . Use this result to find the matrix of change
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of basis from B to C. Assume that a degree−2 polynomial function p(x) has coordinates 2
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with respect to the basis C. What are its coordinates with respect to B ?

Exercice 7 Let T ∈ L(R3 [x], R2 [x]) be given by

T (f (x)) = f ′ (x)

and let β and γ be the standard ordered bases for R3 [x] and R2 [x], respectively. Verify that

[T (p(x))]γ = [T ]γβ [p(x)]β

for the polynomial p(x) = 2 − 4x + x2 + 3x3 ∈ R3 [x].

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