Summer Workshop in Mathematics (SWIM)
Kannur University, May, 2025
Week 3
Tutorial problems
May 21, 2025
1. Let T be the linear map from Rn to Rn . Prove that the image of T is determined by
values of T on any fixed basis of Rn .
2. Let T : R2 → R2 be a linear map. Prove that T is of the form
T (x, y) = (ax + by, cx + dy),
for some a, b, c, d ∈ R.
3. Let T be the linear map from Rn to Rn . Consider the map S := T ◦ T : Rn → Rn .
Then show that S is a linear map.
4. Let T : Rn → Rn be a linear map. Then show that the kernel of T and image of T are
subspaces of Rn .
5. Let T : Rn → Rn be a linear map. Then show that T is one-one iff kernel of T ={0}
and T is onto iff the image of T =Rn .
6. Let T be a linear isomorphism of Rn . Then,
(a) T −1 is also linear.
(b) T ◦ T is also an isomorphism.
7. Let (v1 , · · · , vn ) be a subset of a vector space V over a field F . Prove that the map
T : F n → V defined by T (x) = v1 x1 + · · · + vn xn is a linear transformation.
8. Prove that any finite dimensional vector space over R is linearly isomorphic to Rn
for some n ∈ N. Using the fact that Q is countable conclude that R is not a finite
dimensional vector space over Q.
May 22, 2025
9. Is there any injective linear map from R3 to R2 ?
10. Is there any surjective linear map from R2 to R3 ?
11. Show that any injective linear map from Rn to Rn is a linear isomorphism. Is the same
conclusion true if injective map is replaced by surjective map?
12. Let A be an m × n matrix. Prove that the space of solutions of the linear system
AX = 0 has dimension at least n − m.
13. Let V be a n dimensional vector space and f : V → R be a non-zero linear functional.
Prove that ker(f ) is a n − 1 dimensional vector space. Use this result to show that the
set of traceless n × n matrices has dimension n2 − 1.
14. Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and f, g : V → R be two non-zero linear
functionals such that ker(f ) = ker(g). Show that there exists a non-zero constant c
such that g = cf .
15. Prove that Trace is a linear functional from Mn (R) to R which satisfies
Trace(AB − BA) = 0,
for all A, B ∈ Mn (R). If f is a linear functional which satisfies f (AB − BA) = 0, for
all A, B ∈ Mn (R), then show that f = c (Trace) for some c ∈ R.
May 23, 2025
16. Let T : R2 → R2 be the linear transformation defined by the rule
T (x, y) = (−x, y).
What is the matrix of T with respect to the standard bases?
(This linear map is called reflection about y-axis).
17. Let T : R3 → R2 be the linear transformation defined by the rule
T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (x1 + x2 , 2x3 − x1 ).
What is the matrix of T with respect to the standard bases?
18. Let T : R2 → R2 be the linear transformation defined by the rule
T (x, y) = (x cos θ − y sin θ, x sin θ + y cos θ).
What is the matrix of T with respect to the standard bases?
(T is actually called rotaion by angle θ).
19. Let Pn be the vector space given by the set of all polynomials of degree less or equal
d
to n. Show that dx : Pn → Pn−1 is linear and find the matrix of this linear map with
respect to standard basis.
11 12 13 14
21 22 23 24
20. Find the rank of the matrix
31
.
32 33 34
41 42 43 44
21. Find all linear transformations T : R2 → R2 which carry the line y = x to the line
y = 3x.
