MAT5011- MATRIX THEORY AND LINEAR ALGEBRA- DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT

1. Let 𝑉 be the set of all Real numbers. Define an operation addition by

𝑥 + 𝑦 = max(𝑥, 𝑦) ∀𝑥, 𝑦 ∈ 𝑉 and scalar multiplication by 𝛼. 𝑥 = 𝛼𝑥 ∀𝛼 ∈ 𝑅, 𝑥 ∈ 𝑉.

Is 𝑉 a Vector space under these operations?

2. Let 𝑉 be the set of all 𝑛 × 𝑛 matrices whose entries are real numbers. Define addition
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by ∀ 𝐴, 𝐵 ∈ 𝑉, 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 2 (𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵𝐴) and scalar multiplication by𝛼. 𝐴 = 0, ∀𝛼 ∈ 𝑅,
𝐴 ∈ 𝑉. Is 〈𝑉, +, . 〉, a Vector space?
3. Let 𝑉 = 𝑅 3 and 𝑊 = {𝑥: 𝑥 = 𝑎(1, 0, 2) + 𝑏(1, −1, 3), 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅}. Verify whether 𝑊 is
a subspace of 𝑉.
4. Let 𝑆 = {𝐴 ∈ 𝑀22 : det(𝐴) = 0}. Is 𝑆 a subspace?
5. Check whether 𝑆 = {(𝑎, 1, 0) ∈ 𝑅 3 : 𝑎 ∈ 𝑅}is a subspace of 𝑅 3 .
6. Let 𝑆 = {(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧): 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 ≤ 1}. Prove that 𝑆 is not a subspace of 𝑅 3 .
7. Show that 𝑆 = {𝑎0 + 𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + 𝑎3 𝑥 3 : 𝑎0 + 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + 𝑎3 = 0} is a subspace of
𝑃3 .
8. Let 𝑆 = {𝑓 ∈ 𝑉 = 𝑃3 : 𝑓(0) = 1}. Is 𝑆 a subspace of 𝑉?
3 0
9. Find the SVD of the matrix 𝐴 = ( ).
4 5
10. Check whether the following vectors are linearly independent or dependent.
1 1 1 2
[𝑖]𝑣1 = (0) , 𝑣2 = (1) , 𝑣3 = (1) , 𝑣4 = (3) , 𝑉 = 𝑅 3
0 0 1 4
[𝑖𝑖]𝑣1 = (1, −3, 2), 𝑣2 = (2, 1, −3), 𝑣3 = (−3, 2, 1), 𝑉 = 𝑅 3
1 1 0 0
[𝑖𝑖𝑖]𝑣1 = (1) , 𝑣2 = (0) , 𝑣3 = (0) , 𝑣1 = (1) , 𝑉 = 𝑅 4
0 1 1 0
0 0 1 1
[𝑖𝑣] 𝑆 = {1 + 𝑥, 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑥 2 , 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 , −1 + 3𝑥 + 𝑥 2 }, 𝑉 = 𝑃2
0 −1 1 1
[𝑣] 𝑆 = {(1 0) , ( ),( )}
1 1 1 0 0 −1
11. By removing the linearly dependent vectors, form a basis.
[𝑖] 𝑉 = 𝑃2 , 𝐵 = {1, 2 − 𝑥, 3 − 𝑥 2 , 𝑥 + 2𝑥 2 }
[𝑖𝑖] 𝑉 = 𝑀22 , 𝑆 = {(1 2) , (2 1) , ( 1 3) , (2 3) , (1 2)}
2 1 1 2 −3 1 3 1 3 2
[𝑖𝑖𝑖] 𝑉 = 𝑃2 , 𝐵 = {1 − 2𝑥, 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 , 1 − 𝑥 2 , 1 + 𝑥 2 }
[𝑖𝑣] 𝐵 = {𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥, 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥, 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥}in a Vector space of all real valued function defined
on 𝑅.
[𝑣] Determine whether (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥, 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥) span 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥.

3 2 2
12. Factorize 𝐴 = ( ) into 𝑈 ∑ 𝑉 𝑇 .
2 3 −2
13 −4 2
13. Let 𝐴 = (−4 11 −2). Find the Spectral decomposition.
2 −2 8
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