Math.

300 Applied Linear Algebra

Spring 1996, Midterm
April 24, 1996

1. (3 points each, -1 point for each wrong answer) True or False:

1. ( ) For an m x n matrix A, Ax = b has exactly one solution if rank A = m.
2. ( ) For an m x n matrix A, Ax = b has at most one solution if rank A = n.
3. ( ) If A is an n x n invertable matrix and x 1 and x 2 are linearly independent
vectors in Rn, then {Ax 1 ,Ax } is also linearly independent.
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4. ( ) Any set of vectors that spans a vector space V is a basis for V.

2. (4 points) Show that if B is the inverse of A3 , then AB = BA.
3. (4 points) Let A be an n x n skew--symmetric matrix (i.e. AT = -A). Show that if n is
odd, then det(A) = O.
4. (5 points) Let a. = {e 1 ' e2 ' e 3 } and G = {e 1 ' e 2 + e3 ' e3 - e 1 } be two ordered
bases for R3.
Let

A=

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10 2

Let T : R3 -) R3 be the linear transformation such that [T]

Find the vector T(e j ), for i

= 1,2,3 in

g= A.

R3.

5. (15 points) Let P3(R 3 ) denote the vector space of real polynomials in x of degree S

3.
1. Show that {2 + x, x + x 2 , x 2 + x 3 , 1 + x 3 } is basis for P 3(R 3).
2. Suppose that T : P 3 (R 3 ) -) (R3) is the linear transformation given by T(1)

=2+

x, T(x) = x + x 2 , T(x 2) = x 2 + x 3 , and T(x 3) = 1 + x 3 . Show that T is an

isomorphism.
3. For the linear transformation S : P 3 (R 3 ) -) (R3) given by (Sp)(x) = p"(x) + p'(x)

+ p(x) for any p(x) E P3 (R 3 ), find the matrix representation [S] a with respect to
the standard basis

a. = {1, x, x 2 , x 3 }.

6. (10 points) Let u, v be non-zero vectors in a vector space V. Show that {u, v} is
linearly independent if and only if {u + v, u - v} is linearly independent.
7. (10 points) Find the matrix representation of the refection T : R2 -) R2 of the plane
R2

about the line y

= ,)2 x.

8. (20 points) Let

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2.
3.
4.

Solve Ax = b by the Gauss-Jordan elimination.

Find the LDU factorization of A.
Write A as a product of the elementary matrixes.
Find the inverse of A.

9. (10 points) Let v 1' ... Vs be 5 vectors in RS given as vi = (a i1 , ... , aiS)' for i = 1, ... ,
5. Suppose that the subspace W spanned by vi's is of dimension 3. For any numbers
x l' x 2 , x 3 ' x 4 ' Xs E R, Show that

1 x 1 /\ xs
1 a 11 /\ a 1S

=0,

1 a S1 /\ ass
where 1.1 is the determinant.
10. (10 points) Let
1 1 1 1 -3

A=

2314--9
1112-5

2223-8
Find bases for R(A), e(A), and N(A).

6
17

For B

= 8

, find all possable solution of Ax

= b.

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