Mock exam on Further Linear Algebra

October 2018

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1. (25 points). Let A    1 0 1 1  . Put this matrix in the reduced row echelon
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form. Find orthonormal basis in N ( A) . After that extend this basis to orthornomal basis
in R 4 using vectors from the row space of matrix A .
2. (25 points). Let P a n  n matrix with nonzero determinant. Let matrices A and B
be symmetric and related by B  P T AP . Prove that B is positive definite if and only if
A is positive definite.
3. (25 points). Quantities X and Y are related by Y  a  bX  cX 2 . A student carries out
an experiment and writes down the following results:
X 0 1 2 3
Y 3 2 4 4
Find a , b and c values that are least squares solution to this set of data.
4. (25 points). In order to find approximate solution in the least squares sense to the system

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of equations Ax  b , where b  R ( A) the SGI of the matrix A   0 3 2 1 
1  7  2  2 
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was found. Find such solution to this system for b   0  with the additional property that
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it has the smallest norm.