Assignment 6

1. Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and W be a subspace of V .

Prove the following:

(a) dim W ≤ dim V .

(b) dim W = dim V ⇐⇒ W = V .

2. Let W1 and W2 be two subspaces of a vector space V . Prove that

W1 + W2 = W2 ⇐⇒ W1 ⊆ W2 .

3. Let V be the vector space of all 2 × 2 matrices over R. Let

 
x −x
W1 = { ∈ V : x, y, z ∈ R}.
y z
 
a b
W2 = { ∈ V : a, b, c ∈ R}.
−a c

(a) Prove that W1 and W2 are subspaces of V .

(b) Find the dimensions of W1 , W2 , W1 ∩ W2 , and W1 + W2 .

4. Find W1 + W2 for the following spaces:

(a) W1 and W2 are two lines in R2 .

(b) W1 and W2 are two lines in R3 .
(c) W1 is a line and W2 is a plane in R3 .
(d) W1 and W2 are two planes in R3 .