Tutorial No.

: 01
PH-CT404: Mathematical Physics
M. Sc. Physics, I-Semester, 2022-2023
Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi

1. Is a set of vectors {(1, 1, 1), (3, 1, 2), (0, 1, 0)} form a basis for a vector
space? If yes then write the vector (1, 2, 3) in this basis.
 
a b
2. Find a basis for the linear vector space of matrices , with
c d
condition a + d = 0. Here a, b, c, and d are real numbers. Find its
dimension.
3. Does {t + 1, t − 1, t2 + 1} form a basis for a vector space?
4. Find the angle between two functions f( x) = sin(2x) and f2 (x) =
cos(2x) over the range [−π, π]. Are these functions linearly indepen-
dent?
5. Find the orthonormal basis for the subspace of R4 spanned by x1 =
(1, 0, 1, 0), x2 = (1, 1, 1, 1), and x3 = (−1, 2, 0, 1).
6. Discuss the diagonalizability of the following matrices
       
0 0 −2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 2 1  ,  1 2 0 , 0 1 0 , and 0 1 1 .
1 0 3 −3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
7. Find the complex inner product of
(a) u = (i,
 1 + i, 3) and
 v = (1 − i,2, 4i) and 
−i 1 + i 3 −2 − 3i
(b) U = and V =
1−i i 4i 1.
 
1 −i −1 + i
8. Is the matrix  i 1 1 + i  unitary?
1 + i −1 + i 0
 
−2 −1 − i
9. Diagonalize the matrix A = .
−1 + i −3
10. Let us consider two bases a1 = (1, 2) & a2 = (−2, 3) and b1 = (−2, 1)
& b2 = (1, 1) in R2 . Find the vector vb if va = (1, −5).
11. Find the eigenvalues and their eigenvectors for a linear operator T :
p2 → p2 defined as T (p2(x)) = −2c + (a + 2b + c)x + (a + 3c)x2 where
p2 (x) = a + bx + cx2.