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Tutorial Sheet - 1 SPRING 2017

MATHEMATICS-II (MA10002)(Linear Algebra) January 3, 2017

1. Determine which of the following sets form vector spaces under the given operations:
(i) The set of all triples of real numbers (x, y, z) with the operations (x, y, z) + (x0 , y 0 , z 0 ) =
(x + x0 , y + y 0 , z + z 0 ) and k(x, y, z) = (kx, y, z), k R, (x, y, z), (x0 , y 0 , z 0 ) R3 .
(ii) Let V = {(x1 , x2 ) R2 : x1 + x2 = 1, 0 x1 1, 0 x2 1} with the
operations (x1 , x2 ) + (y1 , y2 ) = ( 21 (x1 + y1 ), 21 (x2 + y2 )) and r(x1 , x2 ) = (rx1 , rx2 ), r
R, (x1 , x2 ), (y1 , y2 ) V .
(iii) The set of all positive real numbers x with the operations x + x0 = xx0 and kx = xk , k
R.  
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(iv) The set of all 2 2 matrices of the form with usual matrix addition and scalar
1 b
multiplication.
(v) Let V = {f C(R) : p N, f (x+p) = f (x), x R}. Is V forms a vector space under
the usual addition and scalar multiplication of C(R), the set of all continuous functions over
R?

2. Determine which of the following subsets are the subspaces of the given vector spaces:
(i) All vectors of the form (a, b, c), with b = a + c in R3 .
(ii) All matrices with A = ATin Mnn , where Mnn is the set of all n n matrices.
a b
(iii) All matrices of the form with a + d = 0 in M22 .
c d
(iv) All matrices with det(A) = 0 in Mnn .
(v) All vectors of the form (a, b, c), where ab = 0 in R3 .
(vi) Is the set W = {(a, b, c) : a3 = b3 } a subspace of both R3 and C3 ?

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3. Let S = {f C[0, 1] : 0 f (x)dx = b, f or some f ixed b R}. Then show that S is a
subspace of C[0, 1] if and only if b = 0.

4. Show that the set of differentiable real-valued functions f on the interval (4, 4), such that
f 0 (1) = 3f (2) is a subspace of C[4, 4].
     
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5. (a) Write E = as a linear combination of A = , B = ,
  1 2 0 1 1 0
1 1
C= .
0 0
(b) Write p = 2 + 2x + 3x2 as a linear combination of p1 = 2 + x + 4x2 , p2 = 1 x + 3x2 , p3 =
3 + 2x + 5x2 .
(c) Which of the following are linear combinations of the vectors u = (1, 1, 3), v = (2, 4, 0):
(i) (3, 3, 3), (ii) (4, 2, 6), (iii) (1, 5, 6), (iv) (0, 0, 0).

6. In the vector space R3 , let u1 = (1, 2, 1), u2 = (3, 1, 5), u3 = (3, 4, 7). Then show that
span{u1 , u2 } = span{u1 , u2 , u3 }.
MA10002 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Tutorial Sheet - 1

7. (a) Let S = {v1 , v2 , v3 , v4 } spans a vector space V . Show that the set {v1 v2 , v2 v3 , v3
v4 , v4 } also spans V .
(b) Let S = {u1 , u2 , u3 }, T = {u1 , u1 +u2 , u1 +u2 +u3 }, and U = {u1 +u2 , u2 +u3 , u3 +u1 }
in R4 . Show that span S = span T = span U .

8. Which of the following sets are linear independent:


(a) {(4, -4, 8, 0), (2, 2, 4, 0), (6, 0, 0, 2), (6, 3, -3, 0)} in R4 .
(b) {2, 4 sin2 x, cos2 x} in C[, ].
(c){ t3 5t2 2t + 3, t3 4t2 3t + 4, 2t3 7t2 7t + 9} in P3 , where P3 is the set of
polynomials with degree 3.
(d) Let f1 , f2 C[1, 1] be defined as f1 (t) = t, t [1, 1] and

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t, t [1, 0],
f2 (t) =
t, t [0, 1].

Show that the set {f1 , f2 } is linearly dependent on C[0, 1] and C[1, 0] and linearly inde-
pendent on C[1, 1].
(e) Show that the set of vectors {1 + i, 1 i} C is linearly independent if C is taken as a
vector space over R. But it becomes linearly dependent when C is a vector space over C.
(f) Let S = {p0 , p1 , . . . , pm } Pm , such that pj (2) = 0 for j = 0, 1, . . . , m. Prove that S
is not linearly independent in Pm .

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