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Assignment – 2

Vector Spaces

1. Show that the set 𝑄(√2) = {𝑎 + 𝑏√2 ∶ 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑄} is a vector space over Q w.r.t the
compositions:
(𝑎 + 𝑏√2) + (𝑐 + 𝑑√2) = (𝑎 + 𝑐) + (𝑏 + 𝑑)√2
𝛼 (𝑎 + 𝑏√2) = (𝛼𝑎 + 𝛼𝑏√2) , 𝛼 𝜖 𝑄
2. Let 𝑉 = {(𝑎, 𝑏): 𝑎, 𝑏 𝜖 𝑅}. Then, show that V is not a vector space over 𝑅 under the
addition and scalar multiplication defined by
(𝑎, 𝑏) + (𝑐, 𝑑) = (0, 𝑏 + 𝑑)
𝛼(𝑎, 𝑏) = (𝛼𝑎 , 𝛼𝑏).
3. Prove or disprove: The union of two subspaces of a vector space 𝑉 is a subspace of 𝑉.
4. Show that the set 𝑊 = {(𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐): 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0 ; 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 𝜖 𝑅} is a subspace of 𝑅 3 .
5. Show that the set 𝑊 = {(𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐): 𝑎 + 𝑏 ≥ 0 ; 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 𝜖 𝑅} is not a subspace of 𝑅 3 .
6. Prove that the intersection of two subspaces of a vector space 𝑉(𝐹) is a subspace of
𝑉(𝐹).
7. (i) Let 𝑆 = {(1,0), (0,1)} be a subset of 𝑅 3 (𝑅). Show that (3, 5) belongs to 𝐿(𝑆).
(ii) Let 𝑆 = {(1,0,0), (0,1,0)} ⊆ 𝑅 3 (𝑅). Find 𝐿(𝑆). Do (3,2,0) and (2,5,1) belong to
𝐿(𝑆).
8. Show that the vector (2, −5,3) is not in the subspace of 𝑅 3 spanned by the vectors
(1, −3, 2), (2, −4, −1) and (1, −5, 7).
9. Let 𝑉 = 𝑅 3 (𝑅) and 𝑆 = {(1,1,0), (0, −1,1), (1,0,1)}. Prove that (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) ∈ 𝐿(𝑆) if and
only if 𝑎 = 𝑏 + 𝑐.
10. Extend the set {(1,1,0)} to form basis of 𝑅 3 .
11. Show that the mapping 𝑇: 𝑅 2 → 𝑅 3 defined as 𝑇(𝑥, 𝑦) = (𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑦) is a linear
transformation.
12. Define explicitly the linear transformation 𝑇: 𝑅 2 → 𝑅 2 such that 𝑇(1,2) = (2,3) and
𝑇(0,1) = (1,1) .
13. Define a basis of a vector space. Let 𝑉 = 𝑅 3 (𝑅), then find a basis of 𝑉 which contains
{(1,2,0)}.
14. Let 𝐹 be the field of complex numbers and 𝑇: 𝐹 3 → 𝐹 3 be given as 𝑇(𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ) =
(𝑥1 − 𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 , 2𝑥1 + 𝑥2 , −𝑥1 − 2𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 ). Show that 𝑇 is a linear transformation
and find its rank and nullity.
15. Find the KerT and Range T of the linear transformation 𝑇: 𝑅 2 → 𝑅 3 defined by
𝑇(𝑥1 , 𝑥2 ) = (𝑥1 + 𝑥2 , 𝑥1 − 𝑥2 , 𝑥2 ).
16. Let A and B be two subspaces of 𝑅 3 (R) generated by the sets S1 = { (1,2,1), (3,1,5),
(3,-4,7)} and S2 = { (1,0,-1), (1,2,1), (0,-3,2)} respectively. Determine dim (A+B).

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