MAST10007 Linear Algebra Summer Assessment, 2020
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Summer Assessment, 2020
School of Mathematics and Statistics
MAST10007 Linear Algebra
Question 1 (6 marks)
(a) Let the ages (in years) of three people Frank, Dharma and Phil be denoted F , D and P respectively. You are told that the sum of Dharma’s and Phil’s ages is 13 more than Frank’s age. You are further told that Frank’s age plus Phil’s age is 19 more than Dharma’s age, and that the sum of all three ages is 71.
(i) Specify three linear equations implied by the above information.
(ii) Write the equations in part (i) as an augmented matrix and solve to determine the three ages.
(b) Consider the linear system in the real variables
x1 , x2 , x3c
x2 + x3 = 2
2x2 + kx3 = k,
where k e R. Determine the values of k such that the system has
(i) no solutions
(ii) a unique solution.
Question 2 (6 marks)
(a) If A = ┌ 1_1┐
(i) AT A
(ii) AAT .
(b) Let X be an invertible matrix. Show that
det(X← 1 ) = 1
(c) Let
D1 = det ┌c(a) d(b)┐ ,
where a, b, c, d e R.
(i) Draw a figure involving the vectors (a, b) and (c, d) that has area |D1|.
(ii) Express
D2 = det ┐
in terms of D1 . Justify your answer.
Question 3 (6 marks)
(a) Let
A = ┌1(0) 0(0) !1 1
2(1)┐
2! .
(i) Using elementary row operations, compute A ← 1 .
(ii) If
AB = ┌ ┐
! !
calculate B .
(iii) Is
Explain |
A = ┌ 5(2) !5 your answer. |
1 2 3 |
2(1)┐ B ← 1 ? 3! |
(b) Given that
┐ R2 - R2 + 2R1 ~ ┌ 0(1) 1(1) ┐ R1 - R1 _ R2 ~ ┌0(1) 1(0)┐
write
┐ ← 1
as a product of elementary matrices.
Question 4 (6 marks)
Consider the line L given by
L : r = (1, 1, _1) + t(2, 3, 1), t e R.
(a) Determine the Cartesian form of L.
(b) Find the Cartesian form of the plane containing L and the line
r = (1, 1, _1) + s(1, _1, 1), s e R.
(c) Calculate the area of the region in R3 specified by
R = {t(1, 1, _2) + s(1, _1, 1) : 0 < t < 1 and 0 < s < 1}.
Question 5 (6 marks)
(a) Consider the subset of M2|2 defined by
H = ┐ : b e R、.
(i) Use the subspace theorem to show that H is a subspace of M2|2 .
(ii) What is the dimension of H? Explain your answer.
(b) Consider the subset of R3 defined by
S = {(x, y, z) : xy + xz + yz = 0}.
Show that S is not a subspace of R3 .
Question 6 (8 marks)
(a) Let x1 , x2 , x3 e R4 . Suppose that x2 0, x1 cx2 for all c e R, and
2x1 _ x2 + x3 = 0.
What is the dimension of span {x1 , x2 , x3 }? Justify your answer.
(b) Let A be a 4 × 5 matrix and let v1 , v2 , v3 be column vectors with 4 entries. Suppose that
┌ ┐ ┌ A v1 v2 v3 ┐ ~ ))! .
(i) Denote the columns of A by a1 , . . . , a5 in order. Write v3 as a linear combination of the columns of A.
(ii) Which of the vectors v1 , v2 , v3 belong to the column space of A? Give a reason. (iii) Determine a basis for the solution space of A.
(c) Let B be a particular 4 × 3 matrix, and suppose rank(B) = 2.
(i) Give a geometrical description of the column space of B . (ii) Give a geometrical description of the solution space of B .
Question 7 (6 marks)
(a) Let T : R2 - R2 be a linear transformation. Suppose that T (1, 0) = (1, 1) and T (0, 1) = (_1, 1).
(i) Illustrate on a diagram how T maps the unit square with corners (0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1) and (0, 1), and describe T geometrically.
(ii) Specify the standard matrix of T ← 1 .
(b) Define the linear transformation S : M2|2 - M2|1 by
S ╱ ┌c(a) d(b)┐ 、= ┐ .
(i) What is the size of the standard matrix [S]?
(ii) Determine [S].
Question 8 (6 marks)
(a) Let b = (1, 1, 1, 1) and define T : R4 - R4 by
T (x) = (x . b)b,
where . is the dot product. Show that T is a linear transformation by verifying the two defining properties.
(b) Let S : R3 - R3 be the linear transformation mapping each vector x e R3 to its orthogonal projection onto the plane x + y + z = 0.
(i) Specify a basis for the image of S .
(ii) Specify a basis for the kernel of S .
(iii) Is S invertible? Give a reason.
Question 9 (7 marks)
Let B = {b1 , b2 , b3 } where
b1 = (1, 0, 1), b2 = (1, 1, 0), b3 = (0, 0, 1).
Denote by s the standard basis in R3 .
(a) Verify that B is a basis for R3 .
(b) Given [x]毖 = !(┌)1_11!(┐), specify x.
(c) Specify the change of basis matrix P扌 |毖 .
(d) Let c = {c1 , c2 , c3 } be a basis for R3 such that
b1 = c1 + c2 , b2 = c2 + c3 , b3 = c1 + c2 + c3 .
(i) Specify the change of basis matrix PC |毖 and calculate P毖 |C .
(ii) Use parts (c) and (d)(i) to calculate P扌 |C . Hence determine the explicit form of c1 , c2 and c3 .
Question 10 (6 marks)
Let
A = ┌3(1) 1(3)┐ .
(a) Find the eigenvalues of A.
(b) Relate the eigenvalues of A to det(A).
(c) Find the corresponding eigenspaces, and verify that they are orthogonal using the dot product on R2 .
(d) (i) Write A in the form A = QDQT for some diagonal matrix D and orthogonal matrix Q.
(ii) Specify the corresponding decomposition for A ← 1 .
Question 11 (6 marks)
A person beginning a once a week exercise program has kept the following record of the number of laps y of a 50 metre pool they have swum during the session for week x:
x y
1 2
2 2
3 4
(a) Use the method of least squares to find an equation y = a + bx which best fits the data. (b) Sketch the line and the data on a graph.
(c) Use part (a) to estimate how many weeks it will be when 6 laps are swum.
Question 12 (6 marks)
Consider the inner product on R2 defined by
((u1 , u2 ), (v1 , v2 )) = 2u1v1 + 2u2v2 + u1v2 + v1u2 .
(a) Show that this inner product can be written in the form
((u1 , u2 ), (v1 , v2 )) = [u1 u2] ┌c(a) d(b)┐ ┌v(v)2(1)┐
for certain a, b, c, d e R.
(b) Verify that axiom 4 for an inner product is satisfied.
(c) Using this inner product, find a unit vector orthogonal to the vector (2 , 1).
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