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Math Exam
(a) What exactly does this mean? That is, what is the practical upshot
when it comes to plugging in vectors to T 3 ?
Solution
Solution
Well,
T (z) = T (cT 2 (x)) = cT 3 (x) = 0
and
Solution
1
(d) Explain why the set B = {b1 , b2 , b3 } is a basis for R3 . (Hint: Some
of the work youve already done might help. )
Solution
(e) Find the B-matrix for the linear transformation T . (This can be done
with very little work).
Solution
Since
T (b1 ) = b2 , T (b2 ) = b3 and T (b3 ) = 0,
the matrix must be
0 0 0
1 0 0.
0 1 0
2 Let
3 0 0
A = 0 4 1.
0 2 5
(a) Find the eigenvalues of A. (Hint: 2 9 + 18 = ( 3)( 6) )
Solution
2
(b) Find bases for the eigenspaces of A.
Solution
0 2 2 0 0 0
0 1
0 2 1 0 0 0
(c) Write down an invertible matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that
A = P DP 1 . Briefly explain yourself.
Solution
We have a basis
1( 0 0 )
1
B = 0, 1 , 2
0 1 1
3
for R3 consisting of eigenvectors for A. The matrix P is the change
of coordinates from B to the standard basis, and D is the diagonal
matrix with the eigenvalues on the diagonal. Thus if
1 0 0 3 0 0
1
P =
0 1 2
and D =
0 3 0
0 1 1 0 0 6
then A = P DP 1 .
3
(a) Suppose T : V V is a linear transformation, and that B = {b1 , b2 , b3 }
is a basis for V . If the B-matrix for T is
2 3 5
A = 7 11 13 ,
17 19 23
Solution
Solution
4
(c) Is the matrix
1 2 3
A=
0 5 8
0 0 13
diagonalizable? Explain.
Solution
Solution
Solution
5
We see from this that Nul(A) has a basis
1 0
1 0
b1 = , b2 = .
0 1
0 1
T : V R3
by T (v) = Av. Write down the matrix for T in terms of the basis B of
V and the standard basis E = {e1 , e2 , e3 } of R3 .
Solution
0 0