Math 115AH Midterm I October 26, 2011

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You can use the theorems from the book or proved in class, but you should indicate which theorems you are using. You can use the fact that a vector space with a nite spanning set has a basis. If you give a counterexample in the proof or counterexample problems, you should explain why your example is a counterexample V and W are nite dimensional vector spaces over a eld F . You can assume F is a subeld of C.

1. Suppose W1 and W2 are subspaces of V . a) Dene W1 + W2 .

b) If W3 is a subspace of V , show that (W1 + W2 ) W3 (W1 W3 ) + (W1 W3 ).

c) Show by example in V = R2 that equality in part b) need not hold.

2. If v , w and u are a basis B in V let 1 = v w, 2 = v + w + u, 3 = v and let C = {1 , 2 , 3 }. a) Show C is a basis of V .

b) What are the coordinates [w]C of w in the basis C ?

3. Suppose 1 , 2 , . . . , n V and w V a) Dene the term w is a linear combination of 1 , 2 , . . . , n .

b) True or false: If T : V W is linear and T (1 ), T (2 ), . . . T (n ) are linearly independent, then 1 , 2 , . . . , n are linearly independent.Proof or counterexample. (Problem 3 continues on the next page.)

3c) True or false: If T : V W is linear and T (1 ), T (2 ), . . . T (n ) span W , then 1 , 2 , . . . , n span V .Proof or counterexample.

4. Suppose V is four dimensional and that W V is two dimensional. a) Show there is a two dimensional subspace U V so that V U = {0}. You can use the theorems and corollaries in the text.

b) Show that any v V can be written uniquely v =w+u with w W and u U.