Of

Computer

National University
&

Emerging

Sciences-Islamabad

Linear Algebra
Fall 2014

Assignment # 1

DUE DATE: 14th October ,2014

Instructions for submission of assignment:

Assignment should be on A4 paper stapled only in the left upper corner.

At the top of first page you must put
On the left your name with your Roll number.
On the right your section.

Question#1:
3

i)

Show that W is not a subspace of R , where:

W {( a, b, c) : a 2 b 2 c 2 1}

ii)

Determine which of the following are subspaces of M22.

a b
All matrices
where a+b +c +d=0 .
c d

a)
b)
iii)

[ ]

All 2 2 matrices A such that det ( A )=0 .

Determine which of the following are subspaces of P 3.

a) All polynomials of the form a 0 +a 1 x+ a 2 x 2 +a
+a 1 +a 2 +a 3 0
b) All polynomials of the form a
0

+a

x+ a

+a

for which a

for which a

Question#2:
Determine whether following are linearly dependent or independent.
a) 32 x + x 2 , 64 x +2 x 2 in P 2
b)

1, x , x

c)

[ ] [ ]
1 2
3 4

in
,

1 0
0 1

[ ]
4 5
6 7

[ ]
2 3
1 4

in M

22

Question#3:
Suppose u and v belongs to vector space V over real numbers. Simplify each of the following
expressions:
a) A=3(2u-4v)+5u+7v.
b) B=2uv+3(2u+4v.

Question#4:
i)

ii)

3
Express v=(2,-5,3) R as a linear combination of the vectors
u1 (1,3,2),
u 2 (2,4,1),
u 3 (1,5,7)

Express the polynomial

u t 2 4t 3 in P(t )
as a linear combination of the polynomials
p1 t 2 2t 5,
p 2 2t 2 3t ,
iii)

Consider the vectors

p3 t 1

v=(1,2,3) and u=(2,3,1) R

Find conditions on a,b,c so that w=(a,b,c) is a linear combination of u and v.

Question#5:
3

i)
Determine whether or not each of the following forms a basis of R .
a ) (1,1, 2) , (1, 2 , 5) , (5 , 3 , 4);

b) (1,1, 3) , (1, 3 , 5) , (1, 0 ,1) , (2 , 3 , 0).

ii)

Find all values of a for which

u1 (a 2 ,0 ,1) ,
u 2 ( 0 , a , 2) ,

u 3 (1, 0 ,1).

forms a basis of R .
iii)

Determine whether ( 1,1,1,1 ) , ( 1,2,3,2 ) , ( 2,5,6,4 ) , ( 2,6,8,5 )

not, find the dimension of the subspace they span.

form a basis of R4 . If

Question#6:
i)

Find a basis and dimension of the subspace W of

a) W {( a , b , c) : a b c};

R3 , where

b) W {( a , b , c ) : b a c};
c) W {( a , b , c) : a b 5c 0}.
ii)

Let W be the subspace of R , spanned by the vectors

u1 (1,2 , 5 , 3) ,
u 2 ( 2 , 3 , 1 , 4) ,
u 3 (3 , 8 , 3 , 5).
4

a) Find a basis and dimension of W,

iii)

Let W be the subspace of

b) Extend the basis of W to a basis of R .

, spanned by the vectors

u1 (1, 2 , 1, 3 , 4) , u 2 ( 2 , 4 , 2 , 6 , 8) , u 3 (1, 3 , 2 , 2 , 6), u 4 (1, 4 , 5 ,1, 8) , u 5 (2 , 7 , 3, 3 ,9) .

Find a subset of the vectors that form a basis of W.

iv)

Let V be the vector space of 2 2 matrices over R. Let W be the subspace of

symmetric matrices. Find the basis of W.

Question#7:
Find the rank and basis of the row space of the matrix given below:
2
0
1
1

6
3
3 .
2
3
10
6
5

Question#8:
3

Show that U=W, where U and W are following subspaces of R .

U span (u1 , u 2 , u 3 ) span{(1, 1, 1) , (2 , 3 , 1) , (3 , 1, 5)}

W span ( w1 , w2 , w3 ) span{(1, 1, 3) , (3 , 2 , 8), (2 ,1, 3)}

Question#9:
1 2 7

1 1 4
A
3 2 3

2 1 1

Let

0
5

Find a basis for the column space a) consisting of vectors that are not column vectors of A; b)
consisting of vectors that are column vectors of A (Hint: Find the row space of AT)
Question#10:
Find the nullity and basis of the null space of matrix given in question # 9.