IC114 - Linear Algebra (Summer Course)
Prof. Rajendra K. Ray
Tutorial 5
Question 1. U and W be subspaces of F7 with Ldim(U ) = 4 and dim(W ) = 3. Show that, U + W = F7 if
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and only if U ∩ W = {0} if and only if F = U W.
Question 2. If one defines U − W = {u − v : u ∈ U ; v ∈ W } for subspaces U, W of a vector space V , then
which of the following would ghold and which do not.
(a) U − V = {0}.
(b) U − W = U + W
(c) (U − W ) + W = U
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Question
L 3. Let U, X and W be subspaces of a vector space V Prove or give a counter example if U W =
U X, then W = X.
Question 4. Let U be a finite dimensional vector space V . Show any subspace W of V that satisfies U +W = V
and U ∩ W = {0} has dimension dim(V ) − dim(U ).
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Question 5. Let U1 , U2 , ...., Uk be subspaces of a vector space V . Prove that V = U1 ....... Uk if and
only if for all x1 ∈ U1 , ....., xk ∈ Uk , x1 + .....xk = 0 implies x1 = x2 = ..... = xk = 0.
Question 6.LLet U, W and X be
Lsubspaces of a finite dimensional vector space V Are the following true?.
(a) If U L W = LV then W U =LV? L
(b) If U (W X) = V then (U W) X = V ?
Question 7. Let U1 , U2 , ..., Un be subspaces of a finite dimensional vector L V . Prove
space L L the followings.
(a) If dim(UL1 ) + dim(U
L L 2 ) + ... + dim(U n ) = dim(V ), then V = U 1 U 2 .... Un .
(b) dim(U1 U2 .... Un ) = dim(U1 ) + dim(U2 ) + ... + dim(Un ).
(c) Each vector in V can be written as a unique sum of vectors from the subspaces U1 , U2 , ..., Un iff V =
U1 + U2 + ... + L
Un andLfor each L i ∈ {2, 3, ..., n}, Ui ∩ (U1 + .... + Ui−1 ) = {0}.
(d) U = U1 U2 .... Un iff V = U1 + u2 + ... + Un and whenever 0 = u1 + u2 + ... + un for
u1 ∈ U1 ,u2 ∈ U2 ,....,un ∈ Un , we have u1 = u2 = ... = un = 0.
Question 8. Let V be a vector space.
L Show
L thatL dim(V ) = n ≥ 1 iff there exist one dimensional subspaces
U1 , U2 , ...., Un such that V = U1 U2 ..... Un .
Question 9. In each of the following whether T is a Linear Transformation or not.
(a) T : R2 → R2 such that T (a, b) = (|a|, b).
(b) T : R2 → R2 such that T (a, b) = (a + 1, b).
(c) T : C → R such that T (a + ib) = (a √ − ib).
(d) T : C → R such that T (a + ib) = a2 + b2 .
(e) T : C → C such that T (a + ib) = (a − ib).
(f) T : C3 → C such that T (a, b, c) =Ra + 2b − 3c.
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(g) T : P(R) → R such that T (p) = −1 t2 p(t)dt.
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(h) T : P(R) → R such that T (p) = ddt2p evaluated at t = 1.
(i) T : M2 (R) → M2 (R) such that T (A) = At .
(j) T : M2 (R) → M2 (R) such that T (A) = I + A.
(k) T : M2 (R) → M2 (R) such that T (A) = BAB −1 , where B is a fixed 2 × 2 matrix.
Question 10. In each of the following whether determine whether a Linear Transformation T with given prop-
erties exists or not.
(a) T : R2 → R3 with T (1, 1) = (1, 0, 2) and T (2, 3) = (1, −1, 4).
(b) T : R3 → R2 with T (1, 1, 0) = (0, 0), T (1, 0, 1) = (1, 0) and T (0, 1, 1) = (1, 1).
(c) T : R2 → R3 with T (a + bt2 ) = 0 for any a, b ∈ R.
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Question 11. Let S : C 1 [0, 1] → C[0, 1] and T : C[0, 1] → R be defined by S(u) = u′ and T (u) = 0 u(t)dt.
Find if possible, ST and T S, are they Linear Transformation.
Question 12. What is the decrypted message for
77, 54, 38, 71, 49, 29, 68, 51, 33, 76, 48, 40, 86, 53, 52
Question 13. Determine all operators on R2 which map the line y = x into the line y = 3x.
Question 14. If M and N are 4 - dimensional subspaces of a vector space V of dimension 7. Then show that
M and N have at least one vector in common other than the zero vector.
