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This document is an assignment for a Linear Algebra course (MATH 223) due on October 15, 2007. It includes various problems related to vector spaces, linear operators, and matrix operations, requiring students to find bases for subspaces, demonstrate properties of linear spans, and compute inverses of matrices. The assignment covers theoretical concepts as well as practical applications in linear algebra.

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223 F 07 A 5

This document is an assignment for a Linear Algebra course (MATH 223) due on October 15, 2007. It includes various problems related to vector spaces, linear operators, and matrix operations, requiring students to find bases for subspaces, demonstrate properties of linear spans, and compute inverses of matrices. The assignment covers theoretical concepts as well as practical applications in linear algebra.

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MATH 223, Linear Algebra

Fall, 2007
Assignment 5, due in class October 15, 2007
           

 1 3 1 
 
 5 13 −11 

   
0    
 ,  1  ,  −1  and W2 = span  0  , 
  2   −4
1. W1 = span   5   15   5   25  
, 

  
 65   −55 

   
−2 4 −12 −9 −5 −17
are subspaces of R4 . Find a basis for each of W1 , W2 , W1 + W2 and
W1 ∩ W2 .

2. Let V = M3 (R)  be the real vector


 space of 3 × 3 matrices with real
3 5 2
entries. Let A =  1 0 −1 . Now let T : V −→ V be defined by
7 5 −2
T
T (X) = AXA for any X ∈ V .
(a) Show that T is a linear operator on V .
(b) Suppose that
         
 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
B =  0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 1 0 0 , 0 1 0  ,
 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 0 0 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 
 
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
is the standard ordered basis for V . Find [T ]B .
(c) Find a basis for each of ker(T ) and im(T ).

3. Show the exchange property for linear span. That is, suppose that V
is a vector space over the field F and S ∪ {~v , w}
~ is a subset of F ; also
suppose that w ~ ∈ span(S ∪ {~v }) but w
~ ∈
/ span(S). Show that (in this
case) ~v ∈ span(S ∪ {w}).
~
4. Find the inverse of the following matrix, and express it as a product of
elementary
 matrices. (It is, of course, over C, the complex numbers.)
i 0 2−i
 0 1 0 .
1 + 3i 0 5 − 3i

5. Let V = P5 (t) be the real vector space of polynomials of degree at most


5. Which of the following subsets of V are subspaces of it? Justify your
answers.

1
(a) S1 = {p ∈ V : 14 (p0 (t))2 = p(t)}.
(b) S2 = {p ∈ V : p(2) = p(−2) = 0}.
(c) S3 = {p ∈ V : tp0 (t) = 5p(t)}.
6. Find a basis for each of the row space, column space, and
 null space of
1 0 1 0 1
 1 1 1 1 0 
the following matrix. It is over Z2 .  
 0 1 1 1 0 . What is the
0 0 1 0 1
dimension of each of these spaces, and how many elements does each have?

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