Applied Linear Algebra

Fall 2023

Homework

Chapter 1
Week 2
Recall that A system of linear equations is said to be consistent if it has either one solution or
infinitely many solutions; a system is inconsistent if it has no solution.

1. Determine if the following system is consistent:


x1 − 4x3 = 8


2x1 − 3x2 + 2x3 = 1


4x1 − 8x2 + 12x3 = 1


2. Determine which matrices are in reduced echelon form and which others are only in
echelon form.

3. Reduced the matrices to echelon form. Circle the pivot positions in the final matrix
and in the original matrix, and list the pivot columns.
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a)

b)

4. Find the general solutions of the systems whose augmented matrices

a)

b)

Week 3
1. Answer the following questions

a) If a matrix A is 5 × 3 and the product AB is 5 × 7, what is the size of B?

b) How many rows does B have if BC is a 3 × 4 matrix?

! !
2 5 4 −5
2. Let A = and B = . What is value of c such that AB = BA?
−3 1 3 c

!
3 −6
3. Let A = . Find matrix B such that AB = 0
−1 2

4. Consider the following system of equation


3x1 + x2 + x3 = 3


x1 − x2 − x3 = 1


x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 = 1

 
x1
Denote x = x2  the vector solution of the equation. Express your solution in the form
 
x3
x = v + tu, where v and u are column vector in three dimensions.

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Week 4
Inverse matrices

1. Suppose A, B, and X are n × nmatrices with A, X, and A − AX is invertible and and

suppose
(A − AX)−1 = X −1 B (∗)

a) Explain why B is invertible

b) Solve (∗) for X. If you need to invert a matrix, explain why that matrix is invertible.

2. Find the inverses of the matrices in Exercises, if they exist

a)  
1 0 −2
−3 1 4
 
2 −3 4

b)  
1 −2 1
 4 −7 3 
 
−2 6 −4

c)  
1 0 0
1 1 0
 
1 1 1

3. If A, B, and C are n × n invertible matrices, does the equation C −1 (A + X)B −1 = In

have a solution, X? If so, find it.

Chapter 2
Week 5
Determinants

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1. Find the determinants in the following problems by row reduction to echelon form.

a)

b)

c)

2. We know that

Find the determinant of the following matrix

3. Compute det(B 4 ) where

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Week 6
1. Using cofactors, find inverse of the following matrices

a)  
2 4 −1
A = 0 3 1
 
6 −2 5
b)  
1 2 0
B = −1 0 1
 
0 3 1

2. Use Gaussian elimination and Cramer’s Rule to solve the systems.

a) 
7x1 + x2 − 4x3 = 3


−6x1 − 4x2 + x3 = 0


4x1 − x2 − 2x3 = 6


b) 
2x1 + 3x2 − 5x3 = 2


3x1 − x2 + 2x3 = 1


5x1 + 4x2 − 6x3 = 3


Chapter 3. Vector Spaces

Week 7
1. Determine whether the set, together with the standard operations, is a vector space?

a) The set S = {(x, y) : x ≥ 0, y ∈ R}

b) The set S = {(x, x/2) : x ∈ R}

2. Determine whether the set R2 with the operations

(x1 , y1 ) + (x2 , y2 ) = (x1 y1 , x2 y2 )
and c(x1 , y1 ) = (cx1 , cy1 ) where c ∈ R,
is a vector space. If it is, verify each vector space axiom; if it is not, state all vector space
axioms that fail.

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3. Determine whether the set W is a subspace of R3 with the standard operations. Justify
your answer.

a) W = {(0, x2 , x3 ) : x2 ; x3 are real numbers}

b) W = {(x1 , x2 , 4) : x1 and x2 are real numbers}

4. Write each vector as a linear combination of the vectors in S (if possible).

S = {(2, 0, 7), (2, 4, 5), (2, −12, 13)}

a) u = (−1, 5, −6)

b) v = (−3, 15, 18)

5. Determine whether the set S spans R3 .

a) S = {(4, 7, 3), (−1, 2, 6), (2, −3, 5)}

b) S = {(5, 6, 5), (2, 1, −5), (0, −4, 1)}

6. Determine whether the set S is linearly independent or linearly dependent.

a) S = {(−2, 1, 3), (2, 9, −3), (2, 3, −3)}

b) S = {(−4, −3, 4), (1, −2, 3), (6, 0, 0)}

7. For which values of t is each set linearly independent?

S = {(t, 1, 1), (1, t, 1), (1, 1, t)}

Week 8
1. Find rank, nullity (dim Null) of the following matrix

a)  
1 −4 9 −7
A = −1 2 −4 1 
 
5 −6 10 7

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b)  
1 3 −2 4
B= 0 1 −1 2 
 
−2 −6 4 −8

2. Finding a Basis for a Row Space and Rank of the following matrix

a)  
2 −3 1
A = 5 10 6
 
8 −7 5

b)  
−2 −4 4 −5
B= 3 6 −6 −4
 
−2 −4 4 9

3. Determining whether a Set is a Basis. If it is, write u = (8, 3, 8) as a linear combination

of the vectors in S

a) S = {(4, 3, 2), (0, 3, 2), (0, 0, 2)}

b) S = {(1, 0, 0), (1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1)}

c) S = {(0, 0, 0), (1, 3, 4), (6, 1, −2)}

4. Find the dimension and basic of the subspace

 
a − 4b − 2c
n  2a + 5b − 4c  o
H=   , a, b, c ∈ R
 
 −a + 2c 
−3a + 7b + 6c

Week 9
1. Let B = {(8, 11, 0), (7, 0, 10), (1, 4, 6)} be a basis of R3 . Find the coordinate of vector
x = (3, 19, 2)?

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2. Let S = {(1, −4), (3, −5)}, and T = {(−9, 1), (−5, −1)} be bases in R2 .

a. Find the change of coordinates matrix from T to S (transition matrix).

b. Let vector v = (1, −2). Find the coordinate of v in the basis T then use the transition
matrix at question a) to find the coordinate of v in the basis S.

Chapter 4. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Week 10
1. Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices

a) !
4 −5
A=
2 −3

b) !
6 −3
A=
−2 1

2. Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrix

 
−2 2 −3
A= 2 1 −6
 
1 −2 0