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This document contains an assignment for a linear algebra course. It includes 14 problems covering topics such as row reduction, linear independence, eigenvalues, orthonormal bases, and linear transformations. Students are asked to determine bases, dimensions of solution spaces, transition matrices, and properties of symmetric matrices. All problems must be completed and submitted by November 10th, 2022.

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Assignment 1 (MA512)

This document contains an assignment for a linear algebra course. It includes 14 problems covering topics such as row reduction, linear independence, eigenvalues, orthonormal bases, and linear transformations. Students are asked to determine bases, dimensions of solution spaces, transition matrices, and properties of symmetric matrices. All problems must be completed and submitted by November 10th, 2022.

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Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

MA-512 (Linear Algebra)


Assignment - 1
Last date of Submission: 10th November 2022

1. Indicate whether the statement is always true or sometimes false. Justify your answer
by giving a logical argument or a counterexample.

(a) If a matrix is reduced to reduced row-echelon form by two different sequences of


elementary row operations, the resulting matrices will be different.
(b) If a matrix is reduced to row-echelon form by two different sequences of elemen-
tary row operations, the resulting matrices might be different.
(c) If the reduced row-echelon form of the augmented matrix for a linear system has
a row of zeros, then the system must have infinitely many solutions.
(d) If three lines in the xy-plane are sides of a triangle, then the system of equa-
tions formed from their equations has three solutions, one corresponding to each
vertex.

2. Suppose v1 , · · · , vm is linearly independent in V and w ∈ V. Prove that if v1 +


w, ..., vm + w is linearly dependent, then w ∈ span(v1 , · · · , vm ).

3. Determine the basis and dimension for the solution space of the following homogeneous
system
x+y+z =0
3x + 2y − 2z = 0
4x + 3y − z = 0
6x + 5y + z = 0.

4. Let
 
0 1 1 4 0
2 6 2 −10 0
A= 
3 9 2 −18 1
0 1 0 1 1

Find:

(a) A basis for the vector space row(A).


(b) A basis for the null space null(A).
(c) A basis for the vector space column(A).

5. Let B = {f1 , f2 , f3 } is a basis for a subspace V of the vector space of real-valued func-
tions defined on the real line. Find the matrix with respect to B of the differentiation
operator D : V → V.

(a) f1 = e2x , f2 = xe2x , f3 = x2 e2x

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(b) Use the matrix in part (a) to compute D(4e2x + 6xe2x − 10x2 e2x ).

6. For the linear operator T : R3 → R3 , find the eigen values and the basis for eigen
space, when T (x, y, z) = (x + y + z, 2y + z, 2y + 3z).

7. Let T1 : M22 → R and T2 : M22 → M22 be the linear transformations given by


T1 (A) = tr(A) and T2 (A) = AT . Can you find (T2 o T1 )(A)? Explain.

8. Let A be an n × n matrix with the characteristic polynomial

p(t) = t3 (t − 1)2 (t − 2)5 (t + 2)4 .

Assume that A is diagonalizable matrix

(a) Find the dimension of the eigenspace corresponding to the eigenvalue λ = 2.


(b) Find the nullity of A.

9. Let A be an n × n real symmetric matrix. Prove that there exist an eigenvalue λ of


A such that for any vector v ∈ Rn , following inequality satisfies

v.Av ≤ λkvk2 .

10. Let Π be the plane in R3 spanned by vectors x1 = (1, 2, 2) and x2 = (−1, 0, 2).

(a) Find an orthonormal basis for Π.


(b) Extend it to an orthonormal basis for R3 .

11. Let S = {e1 , e2 } be the standard basis for R2 and let B = {v1 , v2 } be the basis that
results when the vectors in S are reflected about the line that makes an angle θ with
positive x-axis,

(a) Find the transition matrix PB→S .


(b) Let P = PB→S and show that P T = PS→B .

12. For what values of s is the solution space of

x1 + x2 + sx3 = 0
x1 + sx2 + x3 = 0
sx1 + x2 + x3 = 0

the origin only, a line through the origin, a plane through the origin, or all of R3 ?

13. Let B be a basis for Rn . Prove that the vectors v1 , v2 , · · · , vk form a linearly indepen-
dent set in Rn iff the vectors [v1 ]B , [v2 ]B , · · · , [vk ]B form a linearly independent set in
Rn .

14. Let u be a vector in an inner product space V , and let {v1 , v2 , · · · , vn } be an orthonor-
mal basis for V . Show that if αi is the angle between u and vi , then

cos2 α1 + cos2 α2 + cos2 α3 + · · · + cos2 αn = 1.

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