MATH 304 ASSIGNMENT 8

All problems are from Leons Linear Algebra, eighth edition, unless otherwise specified.
Turning in extra problems will not result in any extra credit.

0. Not to be turned in
The following problems are meant to test your understanding but are not to be turned in.
Show that if L : V W is a linear transformation, then ker L is a subspace of V .
Section 4.1: Problems 1,2, 3, 4, 5.
Section 4.2: Problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 12.

1. To be turned in
Please complete these problems on a separate sheet of paper and hand them in.
1. (Section 4.1, problem 6) Determine whether the following are linear transformations from
R2 into R3 :
x1
(a) L(x) = x2
1

x1
(b) L(x) = x2
x + 2x
1 2
x1
(c) L(x) = 0
0

x1
(d) L(x) = x2
2 2
x1 + x2
2. (Secttion 4.1, problem 11) Determine whether the following are linear transformations
from C[0, 1] into R1 :
(a) L(f ) = f (0)
(b) L(f ) = |f (0)|
(c) L(f ) = [f (0) + f (1)] /2
nR o1/2
1
(d) L(f ) = 0 [f (x)]2 dx .
3. (Section 4.1, problem 16) Let L1 : U V and L2 : V W be linear transformations,
and let L = L2 L1 be the mapping defined by
L(u) = L2 (L1 (u))
for each u U . Show that L is a linear transformation mapping U into W .

Date: 25 March 2015.

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4. (Section 4.1, problems 1718) Let S be the subspace of R3 spanned by e1 and e2 . For
each of the following linear operators on R3 , determine: (i) the kernel, (ii) the range, and
(iii) L(S).
x3
(a) L(x) = x2
x
1
x1
(b) L(x) = x2
0

x1
(c) L(x) = x1
x1
5. (Section 4.2, problem 13) Let L be the linear transformation mapping P2 (polynomials of
degree at most 1) into R2 defined by
 R1 
p(x) dx
L(p(x)) = 0
p(0)
Find a matrix A so that  

L( + x) = A

6. (Section 4.2, problem 18) Let E = {u1 , u2 , u3 } and F = {b1 , b2 }, where

1 1 1
u1 = 0 , u2 = 2 u3 = 1
1 1 1
and    
1 2
b1 = b2 =
1 1
Note that E is an (ordered) basis for R and F is an (ordered) basis for R2 . For each of
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the following linear transformations L from R3 into R2 , find the matrix representing L
with respectto the ordered bases E and F :
x3
(a) L(x) =
x
 1 
x1 + x2
(b) L(x) =
x x
 1 2
2x2
(c) L(x) =
x1
7. (Section 4.2, problem 20) Let V and W be vector spaces with ordered bases E and F ,
respectively. If L : V W is a linear transformation and A is the matrix representing L
relative to E and F , show that
(a) v ker(L) if and only if [v]E N (A).
(b) w L(V ) if and only if [w]F is in the column space of A.

2. Extra practice
These problems are suggested in case you would like extra practice with the concepts from
class. They are not to be turned in.
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Section 4.1: Problems 9, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25.

Section 4.2: Problems 8, 9, 15, 16, 19.