Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
MA-512 (Linear Algebra)
Assignment - 1
Last date of Submission: 10th November 2022
1. Indicate whether the statement is always true or sometimes false. Justify your answer
by giving a logical argument or a counterexample.
(a) If a matrix is reduced to reduced row-echelon form by two different sequences of
elementary row operations, the resulting matrices will be different.
(b) If a matrix is reduced to row-echelon form by two different sequences of elemen-
tary row operations, the resulting matrices might be different.
(c) If the reduced row-echelon form of the augmented matrix for a linear system has
a row of zeros, then the system must have infinitely many solutions.
(d) If three lines in the xy-plane are sides of a triangle, then the system of equa-
tions formed from their equations has three solutions, one corresponding to each
vertex.
2. Suppose v1 , · · · , vm is linearly independent in V and w ∈ V. Prove that if v1 +
w, ..., vm + w is linearly dependent, then w ∈ span(v1 , · · · , vm ).
3. Determine the basis and dimension for the solution space of the following homogeneous
system
x+y+z =0
3x + 2y − 2z = 0
4x + 3y − z = 0
6x + 5y + z = 0.
4. Let
0 1 1 4 0
2 6 2 −10 0
A=
3 9 2 −18 1
0 1 0 1 1
Find:
(a) A basis for the vector space row(A).
(b) A basis for the null space null(A).
(c) A basis for the vector space column(A).
5. Let B = {f1 , f2 , f3 } is a basis for a subspace V of the vector space of real-valued func-
tions defined on the real line. Find the matrix with respect to B of the differentiation
operator D : V → V.
(a) f1 = e2x , f2 = xe2x , f3 = x2 e2x
1
(b) Use the matrix in part (a) to compute D(4e2x + 6xe2x − 10x2 e2x ).
6. For the linear operator T : R3 → R3 , find the eigen values and the basis for eigen
space, when T (x, y, z) = (x + y + z, 2y + z, 2y + 3z).
7. Let T1 : M22 → R and T2 : M22 → M22 be the linear transformations given by
T1 (A) = tr(A) and T2 (A) = AT . Can you find (T2 o T1 )(A)? Explain.
8. Let A be an n × n matrix with the characteristic polynomial
p(t) = t3 (t − 1)2 (t − 2)5 (t + 2)4 .
Assume that A is diagonalizable matrix
(a) Find the dimension of the eigenspace corresponding to the eigenvalue λ = 2.
(b) Find the nullity of A.
9. Let A be an n × n real symmetric matrix. Prove that there exist an eigenvalue λ of
A such that for any vector v ∈ Rn , following inequality satisfies
v.Av ≤ λkvk2 .
10. Let Π be the plane in R3 spanned by vectors x1 = (1, 2, 2) and x2 = (−1, 0, 2).
(a) Find an orthonormal basis for Π.
(b) Extend it to an orthonormal basis for R3 .
11. Let S = {e1 , e2 } be the standard basis for R2 and let B = {v1 , v2 } be the basis that
results when the vectors in S are reflected about the line that makes an angle θ with
positive x-axis,
(a) Find the transition matrix PB→S .
(b) Let P = PB→S and show that P T = PS→B .
12. For what values of s is the solution space of
x1 + x2 + sx3 = 0
x1 + sx2 + x3 = 0
sx1 + x2 + x3 = 0
the origin only, a line through the origin, a plane through the origin, or all of R3 ?
13. Let B be a basis for Rn . Prove that the vectors v1 , v2 , · · · , vk form a linearly indepen-
dent set in Rn iff the vectors [v1 ]B , [v2 ]B , · · · , [vk ]B form a linearly independent set in
Rn .
14. Let u be a vector in an inner product space V , and let {v1 , v2 , · · · , vn } be an orthonor-
mal basis for V . Show that if αi is the angle between u and vi , then
cos2 α1 + cos2 α2 + cos2 α3 + · · · + cos2 αn = 1.
