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1. Short questions:
(a) If the set of the columns of a square matrix is linearly independent, then the set of the
rows of the same matrix is also linearly independent. Answer True or False (no
reason required).
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(b) If the three vectors v1 , v 2 , v 3 in a vector space V form a linearly dependent set and
T is a linear transformation from the vector space V to a vector space W , then
T ( v1 ), T ( v 2 ), T ( v 3 ) also form a linearly dependent set. Answer True or False (no
reason required).
[4]
(c) Let A and B denote two n n square matrices. If AB is an invertible matrix, then A
and B are both invertible matrices. Answer True or False (no reason required).
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(d) Let T : R R be a linear transformation. What is the dimension of the range of T
n m
2.
2 2 4 2
3 3 6 3
(a) For the matrix A = 6 3 9 3 , use a subset of the five rows of A to form a
2 3 5 4
5 4 9 1
basis for the row space of A .
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(b) For the matrix A given in (a), what is the dimension of the null space of A .
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(c) For the matrix A given in (a), what is the dimension of the null space of AT .
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Solution:
(a)
3.
p1 (t ) = 5t + t 2
p (t ) = 1 8t 2t
2
(a) Given the four vectors 2 in the vector space P2 of polynomials of
p3 (t ) = 3 + 4t + 2t
2
p 4 (t ) = 2 3t
degree at most 2, determine if the set {p1 (t ), p 2 (t ), p 3 (t ), p 4 (t )} spans P2 .
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(b) Is the set {p1 (t ), p 2 (t ), p3 (t ), p 4 (t )} linearly independent or linearly dependent?
If it is linearly dependent, then find one vector p j (t ) (with j > 1 ) which is a linear
combination of the preceding vectors, p1 (t ) , , p j 1 (t ) .
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[10] in total
Solution:
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1 6
4. Let A = .
1 4
(a) Find all the eigenvalues of A .
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(b) Evaluate B = I + A A + A A where I is the 2 2 identity matrix.
2 3 4
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[15] in total
Solution:
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a b b b b b
b a b b b b
b b a b b b
5. Let A = .
b b b a b b
b b b b a b
b b b b b a
(a) Express the determinant of A in terms of a and b .
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(b) Find all the eigenvalues of A and the corresponding multiplicities.
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[15] in total
Solution:
(a)
a b b b a b b a
b b 0 0 0 0
b a b b
b 0 a b ba
b 0 0 0
b b a b 0
b b 0 ab ba 0 0
A=
b b b a
b 0 b 0 0 a b ba 0
b b b b 0
b a 0 0 0 a b b a
b b b a b
b b b b b b a
a b 0 0 0 0 0 a b 0 0 0 0 0
0 ab 0 0 0
0 0 a b 0 0 0 0
0 0 a b 0 0 0 0 0 a b 0 0 0
0 0 0 a b 0 0 0 0 0 a b 0 0
0 0 0 0 a b b a 0 0 0 0 a b 0
b 2b 3b 4b 5b a b 2b 3b 4b 5b a + 5b
det A = (a + 5b)(a b)5 .
(b) det( A I ) = (a + 5b)(a b)5 from the result in (a). Then it is obvious that the
two eigenvalues are a + 5b with multiplicity 1 and a b with multiplicity 5.
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(c) No, they do not form a subspace of R 4 . It is easy to see that under the condition
ac + bd = 0 , the set is not closed with respect to vector addition.