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This document is a tutorial for Engineering Mathematics II, focusing on column and null spaces and the dimension theorem. It includes problems related to matrix rank, nullity, and finding bases for various vector spaces. Additionally, it covers geometric interpretations of null spaces and true/false statements about matrix properties.

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Tutorial 4

This document is a tutorial for Engineering Mathematics II, focusing on column and null spaces and the dimension theorem. It includes problems related to matrix rank, nullity, and finding bases for various vector spaces. Additionally, it covers geometric interpretations of null spaces and true/false statements about matrix properties.

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Amrita School of Engineering

B.Tech. II Semester
23MAT130 - Engineering Mathematics II
Tutorial 4
(Column and Null spaces and Dimension theorem)
1. If A is a 12500×20000 matrix with rank 12000, obtain (i) Nullity of A (ii) Nullity of AT.
2. What is the rank and nullity of
(a) a non-zero, 2×2 singular matrix?
(b) A 7×9 matrix with rank 4.
(c) A 3×2 matrix with two linearly independent rows.
(d) An m×n matrix with all entries as one.
3. For the following matrices,
(i) Obtain a basis for the null space of A.
(ii) Obtain a basis for the column space of A.
(iii) Obtain a basis for the row space of A.
(iv) Obtain the rank and nullity.
1 4 5 6 9
 3 −2 1 4 − 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
 3 4 0 1 4 0
A= ,𝐵 = [ ] , 𝐶 = [0 0 1], 𝐷 = [0 1 1 0], 𝐸 = [ ].
− 1 0 − 1 − 2 − 1 6 8 0 2 8 0
  0 0 0 2 4 0 2
2 3 5 7 8

1 2 − 1 2
4. Let A = 3 5 0 4 .
1 1 2 0

a. Find bases for the row space and Null space of A.


b. Verify whether every vector in the row space of A is orthogonal to every vector in the null space of
A.
5. If A is a 64×17 matrix of rank 11, how many independent vectors satisfy Ax=0 ? How many
independent vectors satisfy ATy=0 ?
1 1 1
6. If V is the subspace spanned by {(1) , (2) , (5)}, find a matrix A that has V as its row space.
0 0 0
7. (a) Find a set of the vectors that forms a basis for the space spanned by the following vectors,
𝑣1 = (1, −2,0,3), ̅̅̅
̅̅̅ 𝑣2 = (2, −5, −3,6), ̅̅̅
𝑣3 = (0,1,3,0), 𝑣̅4 = (2, −1,4, −7), ̅̅̅
𝑣5 = (5, −8,1,2) .
(b) Express each vector not in the basis as a linear combination of the basis vectors.
8. Explain geometrically the null space of the following matrices:
1 4 0 0 0 0
𝐴=[ ],𝐵 = [ ],𝐶 = [ ]
0 5 0 5 0 0
9. Find the dimensions of
(a) The space of all vectors in R4 whose components add to zero.
(b) The nullspace of the identity matrix.
(c) The space of all skew-symmetric matrices.
10. State True or False:
1. The row vectors of an n×n invertible matrix A form a basis for Rn.
2. The sum of dimensions of left null space of A and column space of A is equal to the number of
columns in A.
3. If an n×n matrix A is invertible, then the nullity of A is zero.

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