21101240

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B.Sc DEGREE (CBCS) EXAMINATION, APRIL 2021

Sixth Semester
CORE - MM6CRT04 - LINEAR ALGEBRA
Common for B.Sc Mathematics Model I & B.Sc Mathematics Model II Computer Science
2017 Admission Onwards
2D568F24
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Write 3x3 matrix whose entries are given by xij = i + j

2. Prove that a real 2x2 matrix is orthogonal if and only if it is of one of the forms [
a b
] ,
−b a

where a2 + b2 = 1
a b
[ ]
b −a

3. If V is a vector space over a field F. Prove that a) If λx = 0 then either λ = 0 or x = 0 b) ∀x ∈ V , ∀λ ∈ F

(−λ)x = −(λx) = λ(−x)

4. Define span S of a vector space V and Prove that {e1 ,e2,….en } is a spanning set of Rn .

5. Prove that { (1,1,1), (1,2,3) , (2,-1, 1) } is a basis of R3.

6. If f is given by f(a, b) prove that Im f

2 2
: R → R = (b, 0), = Ker f.

7. Define surjective and injective linear mappings.

8. Determine the transition matrix from the ordered basis {(1, −1, 1), (1, −2, 2), (1, −2, 1)} of
R
3
to the natural ordered basis of R3 .

9. Define a nilpotent linear mapping f on a vector space V of dimension n over a field F . What is
meant by index of nilpotency of f.

10. 1 2
Find the eigen values of A = [ ]
4 3

11. Define the eigen space and geometric multiplicity associated with the eigen value.

12. Define diagonalizable linear map and diagonalizable matrix.

(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.

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 Each question carries 5 marks.

13. ⎡
1 2 1 2 1
⎤

Reduce to Hermite form ⎢ 2 4 4 8 4⎥

⎣ ⎦
3 6 5 7 7

14. ⎡
2 2 1
⎤ ⎡
2 1 −1
⎤

Determine whether or not the matrices are row equivalent.⎢ 1 3 1⎥ and ⎢ 0 2 −1 ⎥

⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
1 2 2 −3 −2 3

15. ⎡
1 3 4 7
⎤

a)Show that the matrix ⎢2 3 5 8⎥ has neither a left inverse nor a right inverse.
⎣ ⎦
1 4 5 9

b)Prove that if A and B are invertible matrix , then (AB)-1 = B-1A-1

16. Prove that the set of lower triangular nxn matrices is a subspace of the vector space

17. a) Define rank and nullity of a linear mapping. Find the rank and nullity of pr1 : R
3
→ R defined
by pr1 (x, y, z) = x.

b) Let V and W be vector spaces each of dimension n over a field F . If f : V → W is linear,

then prove that f is surjective if and only if f is bijective.

18. Prove that a square matrix is invertible if and only if it represents an isomorphism.

19. Define similar matrices. Prove that for every ϑ ∈ R, the complex matrices
iϑ
cos ϑ −sin ϑ e 0
[ ], [ ] are similar.
−iϑ
sin ϑ cos ϑ 0 e

20. ⎡
−7 1 −1
⎤
Find the eigen values and a basis of each of the corresponding eigen space ⎢ −7 1 −1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦
−6 6 −6

21. ⎡
2 1 0 0 ... 0 0
⎤

⎢1 2 1 0 ... 0 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢0 1 2 1 ... 0 0 ⎥
For the nXn tridiagonal matrix An = ⎢
⎢
⎥
⎥
Prove that det An = n
⎢ . . . . ..... . . ⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢0 0 0 0 ... 2 1 ⎥

⎣ ⎦
0 0 0 0 ... 1 2

+ 1.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. ⎡
1 2 0 0
⎤

a)Find the row rank of the matrix⎢ 2 1 −1 1⎥

⎣ ⎦
5 4 −2 2

b)Prove that the rows x1,x2,……,xp where p ≥ 2 are linearly dependent if and only if one of the xi can
be expressed as a linear combination of the other.
c)Prove that elementary row operations do not affect row rank.

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23. a)Prove that the set W of complex matrices of the form [
α β
] is a real vector space of dimension
¯
−β −α

4.
b)If V is a vector space over C of dimension n, prove that V is a vector space over R of dimension 2n .
c) If S is a subset of V then prove that S is a basis if and only if S is a maximal independent subset.

24. a) Define linear mapping from a vector space to a vector space. If f : V → W is linear, then
define direct image of X under f and inverse image of Y under f, for every subset X of V and
for every subset Y of W .
b) Prove that direct image of X under f and inverse image of Y under f, are inclusion-
preserving.
c) Prove that direct image of X under f and inverse image of Y under f, carries subspaces to
subspaces.

25. Show that {(1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 1)} is a basis of R3 . If f : R
3
→ R
2
is linear and such
that f(1, 1, 0) = (1, 2), f(1, 0, 1) = (0, 0), f(0, 1, 1) = (2, 1), determine f(x, y, z) for
all (x, y, z) 3
∈ R .

(2×15=30)

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