ABSTRACT ALGEBRA

WORKSHEET (2014/15)
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Find all eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the given matrix.

(i)

5 4
1 2

(iv)

1 0 4
0 2 0

3 1 3

(ii)

1 3
0 2

(v)

2 3 3
0 4 4

0 5 5

(iii)

2 7 0
1 3 1

5 0 8

(vi)

2 2 3
2 1 6

1 2 0

2 7 0
Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for A 1 3 1 and hence find A1 .
5 0 8
1 2
Using Cayley-Hamilton theorem, find A8 if A
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2 1
Determine whether the given vectors u, v and w are linearly dependent or
independent.If they are linearly dependent, find scalars a,b and c not all zero
such that au + b v +c w =0

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(i)

u = (2,0,1) , v = (-3,1,-1), w = (0, -2,-1)

(ii)

u = (5, 5, 4) , v = (2, 3,1) , w = (4, 1,5)

Express the vector t as a linear combination of the vectors u, v and w.

(i)

t = ( 2, -7, 9) , u = ( 1, -2, 2) , v = (3, 0, 1) , w = (1, -1, 2)

(ii)

t = (7,7,9,11), u = (2,0,3,1) , v = ( 4,1,3,2) , w = (1, 3, -1, 3)

Find a basis for the solution space of the given homogeneous linear system.

(i)

x1 2 x2 3x3 0
2 x1 3x2 x3 0
x1 3x2 10 x3 5 x4 0

(iii)

x1 4 x2 11x3 2 x4 0
x1

3x2 8 x3 x4 0

3x1 6 x2 x3 5 x4 5 x5 0

(ii)

2 x1 4 x2 x3 3x4 2 x5 0
3x1 6 x2 2 x3 4 x4 x5 0