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MA 401, Linear Algebra, Autumn 2007 Tutorial 2

This document contains 6 problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1) Find the echelon form, row rank, null space, and solutions of a system of 4 equations with 4 unknowns. 2) Find the matrix of a linear transformation T(x1, x2) = (-x2, x1) in two different bases. 3) Find the matrix and properties of a linear transformation T such that Tvj = vj+1, Tvn = 0, and show Tn = 0 but Tn-1 ≠ 0.

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MA 401, Linear Algebra, Autumn 2007 Tutorial 2

This document contains 6 problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1) Find the echelon form, row rank, null space, and solutions of a system of 4 equations with 4 unknowns. 2) Find the matrix of a linear transformation T(x1, x2) = (-x2, x1) in two different bases. 3) Find the matrix and properties of a linear transformation T such that Tvj = vj+1, Tvn = 0, and show Tn = 0 but Tn-1 ≠ 0.

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MA 401, Linear Algebra, Autumn 2007

Tutorial 2

1. Consider the following system of linear equations.


2x1 + 3x2 2x3 + 4x4 = 2
6x1 9x2 + 7x3 8x4 = 3
4x1 + 6x2 x3 + 20x4 = 13
Find the echelon form of the above system, row rank of the coefficient matrix A, a basis for
the null space of A and all the solutions.
2. let T : IR2 IR2 be defined by T (x1 , x2 ) = (x2 , x1 ). Find the matrix of T in the standard
basis as well as in the basis {[1, 2]t , [1, 1]t }.
3. (a) Let {v1 , v2 , , vn be a basis for V and let T : V V be such that
T vj = vj+1 , j = 1, , n 1, T un = 0.
Find the matrix representing T and show that T n = 0, but T n1 6= 0.
(b) Let S : V V be such that S n = 0, but S n1 6= 0. Prove that there exists a basis for
V with respect to which the matrix of S is equal to the matrix of T in part (a).
4. Let T : U V, S : V W be linear transformations. Show that
rank (ST ) min{rank(S), rank(T )}.
Find sufficient conditions on T and S so that
i) rank(ST ) = rank(S), ii) rank(ST ) = rank(T ).
5. Let T : V V be such that rank (T 2 ) = rank (T ). Show that R(T )

N(T ) = {0}.

6. Let T : IR3 IR2 and S : IR2 IR3 be linear transformations. Show that ST is not
invertible.

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