BITI 1213 Linear Algebra & Discrete Mathematics

Faculty of Information & Communication Technology

Tutorial 5: Eigenvalues & Linear Transformation

Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors

1. Find the characteristic equations of the following matrices:

3 0  10  9
a) 8 1 b)  4  2
   

 1 1 0 3
c)   2 4 d)  4 0
   

 4 0 1 5 6 2
e)  2 1 0 f) 0  1  8
   
 2 0 1 1 0  2

 2 0 1
g)  6  2 0 
 
 19 5  4

2. Find the eigenvalues of the matrices given in question 1.

3. Find the eigenvectors of the matrices given in question 1.

Linear Transformation

1. Which of the following are linear transformations?

a) L ( x, y )  ( x  y , x  y )

 x   ax  by 
b) L    
 y   cx  dy 
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2. Let L : R 2  R 3 defined by

 xy 
x  
L       y  .
  y   x 
 

Is L a linear transformation?

3. Let L : P2  P2 be defined as indicated. Is L a linear transformation?

a) L(at 2  bt  c)   a  b  t 2   b  c  t   a  c 

b) L(at 2  bt  c)  abt 2   b  c  t   a  b 

4. Determine the kernel of T.

a) T : R 2  R 2 , T(x,y)=(x-2y, 3x-6y)
b) T : R 3  R 2 , T(x,y,z)=(x-y+z, 2x+y-z)

5. Determine the new point after applying the transformation to the given point. Use the
induced matrix associated with each transformation to find the new point.

a) x = (2,-4) reflected about the x-axis.

b) x 2, -6rotated 30in the counter-clockwise direction.
c) Dilate x 4, -1, -3by 2 (i.e. 2x) and then project on the y-axis.