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Math 3130: Introduction to Linear Algebra, Spring 2013


Homework


Most or all sections of the book have a list of practice problems immediately preceding the exercises for the section. You should try to solve all these practice problems, since they cover the most fundamental information of the section. The solutions to the practice problems may be found at the end of the list of exercises for the section.

The book also contains solutions to odd numbered exercises, so these should be considered to be practice problems too. (Try them!)

Assignment
Assigned
Due
Problems
HW1 1/17/13
1/23/13
Read Sections 1.1-1.3.

Section 1.1: 4, 12, 16, 18, 20
Section 1.2: 4, 14, 16

HW2 1/25/13
1/30/13
Read Sections 1.4, 2.1.

Section 1.4: 10, 12, 14
Section 2.1: 2, 6, 10, 12, 20

HW3 2/1/13
2/6/13
Read Sections 1.5, 1.7.

Section 1.5: 8, 20, 22
Section 1.7: 2, 10, 32
Extra:
1. Let A be the 3×3 zero matrix. Express the solution to Ax=0 in parametric vector form.
2. Explain why, if A is an m× n matrix and m<n, the columns of A must be dependent.

HW4 2/8/13
2/13/13
Read Sections 1.8-1.9.


Section 1.8: 18, 30
Section 1.9: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 30
Extra:
1. If p and d are vectors in ℝn, d0, then the set of all vectors of the form x=p+td, t∈ℝ, is a line in ℝn. Show that the image of this line under a linear transformation is either a line or a point.

HW5 2/15/13
2/20/13
Section 1.6: 6
Section 2.1: 26, 28
Section 2.2: 2, 16, 20, 22, 24
Extra:
1. Show that if A has a left inverse, then At has a right inverse.
HW6 2/21/13
2/27/13
Section 2.4: 10, 25
Section 2.5: 4, 8, 12, 20, 19, 26
HW7 3/8/13
3/13/13
Section 2.6: 4
Section 2.7: 4, 6
Section 2.8: 4, 6, 24
Section 2.9: 14, 18
Extra:
1. Explain why ℝ4 has no 5-dimensional subspace.
HW8 3/13/13
3/20/13
Section 3.1: 4, 14
Section 3.2: 4, 8, 22, 24, 34
Section 3.3: 6, 14, 22
HW9 3/20/13
4/3/13
Section 4.1: 22, 32
Section 4.2: 30
Section 4.3: 22
Section 4.4: 14, 16, 32
Extra:
1. Find a basis for the kernel of the linear transformation T:P2(t)→ℝ2: p(t)↦[p(0) p'(0)]T.
(The kernel of a linear transformation T is the set of all x such that T(x)=0. Observe that any correct answer to this problem will be a set of polynomials.)
HW10 4/3/13
4/10/13
Section 4.5: 32
Section 4.6: 4, 8, 30
Section 4.7: 6, 8
Section 4.9: 2
Chapter 4 Supplementary Exercises: 4, 10, 12
HW11 4/11/13
4/17/13
Section 5.1: 8, 16, 22, 30
Section 5.2: 10, 20
Section 5.3: 8, 12
Extra:
1. Show that if λ is an e-value for A and k is an integer, then λk is an e-value for Ak. (Don't neglect the case where k is a negative integer if A is invertible.)

2. Suppose that A is a block upper triangular matrix with diagonal blocks A1, …, Ak. Show that the characteristic polynomial of A is the product of the characteristic polynomials of the Ai's.

3. Find the e-values, e-spaces and characteristic polynomial of the n×n matrix whose entries all equal 1.

HW12 4/17/13
4/24/13
Section 5.4: 14, 19, 20, 22
Section 5.5: 2
Extra:
1. Suppose that A is a 2×2-matrix and that det(A-I) = -16 and det(A-2I) = -15. What are the e-values of A?

2. Let Pn(t) be the space of polynomials of degree at most n in the variable t. Let D:P3(t)→P3(t): f(t)↦f'(t) be the operation of differentiation. Find the characteristic polynomial, e-values, and e-spaces of D.

3. Let T:M2×2(ℝ)→M2×2(ℝ): M↦MT be the operation of transpose. Find the characteristic polynomial, e-values, and e-spaces of T.

4. Let E(t) be the subspace of Pn(t) consisting of polynomials whose monomials have even exponent (like 1, t2, t4, etc) and let O(t) be the subspace consisting of polynomials whose monomials have odd exponent (like t, t3, etc). Show that Pn(t) = E(t) ⊕ O(t). What are the dimensions of Pn(t), E(t) and O(t) when n=100?

5. Suppose that T:V→V is a linear transformation defined on a finite dimensional vector space V and that T has an eigenvalue λ whose associated eigenspace is all of V (i.e. Vλ = V). What are the possible matrices B[T]B for different bases B?