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Practice For Null Space

The document is a solutions guide for a practice exam in a linear algebra course. It provides answers to 6 problems: 1) finding bases for the row space, column space, and nullspace of a matrix; 2) determining the maximum vectors in the nullspace of another matrix; 3) finding the standard matrix of a linear transformation and checking if it is invertible; 4) determining if a set is a subspace; 5) using Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to prove the Triangle Inequality; and 6) identifying true/false statements about subspaces, matrices, and linear systems.

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Practice For Null Space

The document is a solutions guide for a practice exam in a linear algebra course. It provides answers to 6 problems: 1) finding bases for the row space, column space, and nullspace of a matrix; 2) determining the maximum vectors in the nullspace of another matrix; 3) finding the standard matrix of a linear transformation and checking if it is invertible; 4) determining if a set is a subspace; 5) using Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to prove the Triangle Inequality; and 6) identifying true/false statements about subspaces, matrices, and linear systems.

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Kenyon College

Dana Paquin

paquind@kenyon.edu

Math 224 Practice Exam 1 Solutions

1. Find a basis for the row space, column space, and null space of the matrix given below: 3 4 0 7 1 5 2 2 A= 1 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 Solution. rref (A) = 0 1 0 1 . Thus a basis for the row space of A is 0 0 1 1 {[1, 0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 1]}. Since the rst, second, and third columnsof 3 4 1 5 rref (A) contain a pivot, a basis for the column space of A is { 1 , 4 , 1 1 If we solve Ax = 0, we nd that x4 is a free variable, so we set x4 = r. We x1 1 1 x 1 , so { 1 } is a basis for the nullspace of A. obtain 2 = r x3 1 1 x4 1 1 2. What is the maximum number of linearly independent vectors that can be found in the nullspace of 1 2 0 3 1 2 4 1 5 4 A= 3 6 1 8 5 4 8 1 12 8 Solution. rref (A) has three columns with pivots and two columns without pivots. Thus the dimension of the nullspace of A is 2, so at most 2 linearly independent vectors can be found in the nullspace of A. 3. Let T : R3 R3 be the linear transformation dened by T ([x1 , x2 , x3 ]) = [2x1 + 3x2 , x3 , 4x1 2x2 ]. Find the standard matrix representation of T . Is T invertible? If so, nd a formula for T 1 .

0 2 }. 0 2

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Math 224: Linear Algebra

Kenyon College

Dana Paquin

paquind@kenyon.edu

2 3 0 Solution. The standard matrix representation of T is A = 0 0 1 . 4 2 0 1/8 0 3/16 A1 = 1/4 0 1/8 . Since A is invertible, T is invertible. T 1 ([x1 , x2 , x3 ]) = 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 [ 8 x1 + 16 x3 , 4 x1 8 x3 , x2 ]. 4. Is the set S = {[x, y] such that y = x2 } a subspace of R2 ? Solution. No. [1, 1] and [2, 4] are both in S, but [1, 1] + [2, 4] = [3, 5] is not in S, so S is not closed under addition. 5. Use the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality |v w| ||v|| ||w|| to prove the Triangle Inequality ||v + w|| ||v|| + ||w||. (Hint: Begin by computing ||v + w||2 with dot products, and then plug in the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality when the opportunity arises.) Solution. ||v + w||2 = (v + w) (v + w) =vv+vw+wv+ww = ||v||2 + 2(v w) + ||w||2 ||v||2 + 2||v||||w|| + ||w||2 by the C.S. Inequality = (||v|| + ||w||)2

Taking the square root of both sides, we conclude that ||v + w|| ||v|| + ||w|| 6. Determine whether each of the following statements is True or False. No explanation is necessary. (a) If V is a subspace of R5 and V = R5 , then any set of 5 vectors in V is linearly dependent. Solution. True. If V = R5 , then the dimension of V is at most 4, so at most 4 vectors in V can be linearly independent. (b) If A is a 4 7 matrix and if the dimension of the nullspace of A is 3, then for any b in R4 , the linear system Ax = b has at least one solution.
Mathematics Department 2 Math 224: Linear Algebra

Kenyon College

Dana Paquin

paquind@kenyon.edu

Solution. True. Since A has 7 columns and the nullity of A is 3, the rank equation implies that the rank of A is 4. Thus the dimension of the column space of A is 4, so that the column space of A is a 4-dimensional subspace of R4 , i.e. it is all of R4 . Thus any vector b in R4 can be written as a linear combination of the columns of A. (c) Any 4 linearly independent vectors in R4 are a basis for R4 . Solution. True. The dimension of the span of any set of 4 linearly independent vectors is 4, so 4 linearly independent vectors in R4 are a basis for R4 . (d) If A is an m n matrix, then the set of solutions of a linear system Ax = b must be a linear subspace of Rn . Solution. False. It will only be a subspace if b = 0.

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