Assignment No.
1 : Linear Algebra
1 2 1 3
4 1 2 1
1) Reduce the matrix to row-echelon form and find its rank.
3 1 1 2
1 2 0 1
2) Solve the system of equations x1 x2 x3 x4 0; x1 3x2 2x3 4x4 0; 2x1 x3 x4 0 .
3) Investigate for what values of and µ the following system of equations
𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8, 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 13, 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 𝜆𝑧 = µ
have i) no solution, ii) unique solution and iii) many solutions.
4) Show that the set V = set of positive real numbers, is a vector space over real numbers,
under vector addition and scalar multiplication defined as
x y xy and scalar multiplication : k x xk .
5) Let W { x, y, z R 3 / ax by cz 0 } , show that W is subspace of 3
.
3
6) Determine whether (1, 1, 0) is in the linear span of S = { (1, 2, 1), (1, 1, -1), (4, 5, -2) }
7) Examine whether the following sets of vectors form a basis for the indicated vector space
1 1 6 0 3 0 5 1
2 3 , -1 4 , 1 7 , 4 2 in M 2×2(R).
8) Determine a basis and dimension of the solution space of following homogeneous
systems
x1 3x2 + x3 x4 0
2 x1 2x2 + x3 + 2x4 0
x1 11x2 + 2x3 x4 0
9) Let T : 3
2
, T ( x, y, z ) x y 2 z, 3 x 5 y z . Show that T is a linear transformation,
also find the matrix associated with T with respect to the standard bases.
10) Let T : 3
2
, T ( x, y, z ) x y 2 z , 3 x z ; and S : 2
3
, S ( x, y ) x, x y, y be
linear transformations. Find S T and T S . Write the matrices of T , S , S T and T S
with respect to the standard basis.
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11) Find the range and kernel of linear transformation T : 2
3
defined by
T x, y x, x y, 3 y x . Also verify the rank-nullity theorem.
12) Find characteristic equation of matrix A and using Cayley-Hamilton theorem, find the
1 3 7
matrix represented by A 4 A 20 A 34 A 4 A 20 A 33A I where A 4 2 3 .
7 6 5 4 3 2
1 2 1
2 2 0
13) Obtain the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A 3 A 4I , if A 2 5 0 .
2
0 0 3
1 2 2
14) Using Cayley-Hamilton theorem, find A and A , where A 1 3 0 .
1 4
0 2 1
1 6 4
15) Show that the matrix A 0 4 2 is diagonalizable. Find the transforming matrix M
0 6 3
and the diagonal matrix D.
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