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Math 232 General Questions

This document outlines general questions that may be covered in a Math 232 course. The questions cover topics related to linear algebra including finding equations of lines and planes, working with matrices such as computing the rank and nullity, solving systems of linear equations, determining if sets of vectors are linearly dependent or independent, working with subspaces, linear transformations, orthogonality, projections, and Markov chains.

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Math 232 General Questions

This document outlines general questions that may be covered in a Math 232 course. The questions cover topics related to linear algebra including finding equations of lines and planes, working with matrices such as computing the rank and nullity, solving systems of linear equations, determining if sets of vectors are linearly dependent or independent, working with subspaces, linear transformations, orthogonality, projections, and Markov chains.

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Math 232 General Questions

1. Find the equations of lines and planes under various conditions. Find distances. Find points.

2. For a given matrix A: (a) state its rank, (b) state its nullity, (c) nd a basis for row(A),
(d) nd a basis for col(A), (e) nd the null(A), (f) nd null AT ; (g) nd its inverse by
the Gauss-Jordan method, (h) nd its characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenvectors
including the algebraic and geometric multiplicities, (h) if possible, be able to diagonalize it,
(j) nd the row echelon and reduced row echelon form of a matrix, (k) solve a linear system
by Ax = b; by either the Gauss elimination of Gauss-Jordan method, (l) nd its determinant.

3. Determine if two matrices are similar.

4. Determine if a set of vectors is linearly dependent or independent. If the former write one
vector in the set as a linear combination of the others.

5. Determine if a given subset of a Rn is a subspace.

6. Determine if a given vector is in the span of a set of vectors.

7. Determine if a given set of vectors is a basis for a given subspace.

8. Write the coordinate vector for a given vector with respect to a given basis.

9. State the dimension of a subspace V , given a basis of V or a spanning set of V .

10. Given two bases, B and C nd the change-of-basis matrix from one to the other and for a
given vector v be able to write the coordinate vector for it with with respect to either basis.

11. Determine if T is a linear transformation.

12. If T is a linear transformation then nd: its standard matrix, the range of T , the kernel of T ,
the rank of T , the nullity of T:

13. If T is a linear transformation then determine if T is one-to-one, onto, invertible.

14. Determine the linear transformation for rotations, reections and orthogonal projections.

15. Apply a transformation or translation to a wireframe and sketch the result.

16. Determine if a given set of vectors is orthogonal or orthonormal.

17. Given (or nd) a basis for a subspace W nd an orthonormal basis using the Gram-Schmidt
process.

18. Find the orthogonal complement of a subspace and give its basis.

19. Find the orthogonal projection a vector v onto a subspace W .

20. Find the least squares straight line t of y = ax + b:to a given set of points.

21. Solve a Markov chain problem.

22. Solve problems on: networks, diet balancing or chemical balancing.

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