Assignment for unit-I (Mathematics-II)
1. Show that the vectors v1 = (2, 1, 4), v2 = (1, −1, 2), v3 = (3, 1, −2) form a basis of R3 , where R is the
field of real numbers.
2. Determine whether the following vectors form a basis of R3 :
u1 = (1, 1, 1), u2 = (1, −1, 1), u3 = (0, 1, 1).
3. Let
W = {(a, b, c, d) | a, b, c, d ∈ R; a = 0, b = −d} ⊆ R4 .
Determine whether W is a subspace of R4 or not.
4. Examine the set S, a subspace of the vector space R2×2 ? where
a b 2×2
S= ∈R .
−b a
5. Show that S = {(1, 2, 3), (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)} is a linearly dependent subset of the vector space R3 ,
where R is the field of real numbers.
6. Detemine that S = {(2, 3, −1), (−1, 4, −2), (1, 18, −4)} is a linearly independent or linearly dependent
subset of the vector space R3 , where R is the field of real numbers.
7. Consider the following subspace S of P2 , where
S = {at2 + bt + c | a, b, c ∈ R, c = a − 2b}.
Find a basis for S, where Pn denotes the set of all polynomials of degree ≤ n.
8. Let T : V3 → V2 be defined as
T (x1 , x2 .x3 ) = (x1 − x2 , x1 + x3 ).
Is T a linear transformation?
9. Let T : R3 → R2 be a linear transformation defined by
T (x, y, z) = (3x + 2y − 4z, x − 5y + 3z).
Determine the matrix of T with respect to the ordered bases
BR3 = {(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0)} and BR2 = {(1, 3), (2, 5)},
where BR3 and BR2 are the bases for R3 and R2 , respectively.
10. Find a basis and determine the dimension of the subspace S of the vector space R3 , defined by
S = {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 | −2x + y − z = 0}.
11. Let V and W be subspaces of R3 defined as follows:
V = {(a, b, c) | b + 2c = 0} and W = {(a, b, c) | a + b + c = 0}.
Find basis and dimensions of V , W , and V ∩ W .
12. Using Cayley–Hamilton theorem, find the inverse of the matrix
2 −1 1
A = −1 2 −1 .
1 −1 2
1
13. Test for consistency of the following linear system of equations:
x + y + z = 6,
x − y + z = 2,
2x + y − z = 1.
14. Find the values of λ and µ so that the following system of equations:
x + y + z = 6,
x + 2y + 3z = 10,
x + 2y + λz = µ,
has:
(a) No solution,
(b) A unique solution,
(c) Infinitely many solutions.
15. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
8 −6 2
A = −6 7 −4 .
2 −4 3
16. Use elementary row operations on A to obtain A−1 , where
1 2 −2
A = −1 3 0 .
0 −2 1
17. Examine whether the matrix
1 0 −1
A = 1 2 1
2 2 3
is diagonalizable. If it is, obtain the matrix P such that P −1 AP is a diagonal matrix.
18. Determine the rank of the following matrix using elementary transformations of the matrix:
0 1 −3 −1
1 0 1 1
A=
3
.
1 1 1
0 −2 2 0