Problems of Linear Transformations and Matrices
Problems of Linear Transformations and Matrices
Exercise 1. Prove that the following mappings are linear transformations by finding,
if possible, an appropriate matrix AT associated to the transformation. Decide whether they are one-to-one and find a basis and the dimension of the range and the
kernel of T .
1. T : R2 R, defined by T ((v1 , v2 ) 0 ) = v1 .
2. T : R2 R, defined by T (v) = v w, where w 6= 0 is a fixed vector in R2 .
3. T : Rn Rn , defined by T (v) = 3v.
4. T : P2 P2 , defined by T (a0 + a1 x + a2 x2 ) = 3a2 x2 .
1 2 0
8 1
A = 3
0
1 1
Show that T has an inverse, and find the matrix of T 1 .
Exercise 4. Consider the vectors
1
1
v1 = 0 , v2 = 1 ,
1
2
0
v3 = 1 ,
5
1
u = 2 .
3
e2 , T (v3 ) = e3 . Write down the corresponding matrix AT , and find the kernel and
range of T .
Exercise 5. Consider the vectors
1
2
v1 = 0 , v2 = 1 ,
1
2
5
v3 = 1 ,
1
u1
u = u2
u3
Exercise 6. Find a matrix A such that T (u) = Au, for each of the following linear
transformations:
a) T : R2 R2 , defined by T ((1, 1) 0 ) = (1, 2) 0 and T ((2, 3) 0 ) = (2, 5) 0 .
b) T : R2 R2 , defined by a clockwise rotation by an angle of 30 .
Exercise 7. Consider the basis in R2 {v1 , v2 } where v1 = (1, 1) 0 and v2 = (1, 0) 0 , and
the linear transformation given by T ((x, y) 0 ) = (4x 2y, 2x + y) 0 . Find the matrix of
T relative to the given basis.