IISER Bhopal

Department of Physics

BS-MS
Aug-Nov. 2018

PHY301 : Mathematical Methods I

Assignment 2

[1] Give the representations of the vectors below in the bases indicated
(a) V : M2 (C)  
1 2
x= ;
−1 3
       
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
e1 = , e2 = , e3 = , e4 =
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
       
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
e01 = 0
, e2 = 0
, e3 = 0
, e4 =
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
0
(b) Give the matrix S expressing the basis vectors {ei } in terms of
{ei }.
(c) Verify that the representation x of x in the first basis is related to
the representation x0 of x in the second basis as x0 = S −1 x.
(d) Given that the representation of an element y in V in the second
basis is  
1
1
y= 1
 (1)
1
what is y?

[2] (a) Give the representations, A and A0 of the linear operator A on

V : M2 (C) :
Ax = xT (2)
in the two bases in [1].
(b) Verify that A0 = S −1 AS.

[3] (a) Do the same as in [1] for V : P3 (t), for

x = t + t2

1
 with
e1 = 1, e2 = t, e3 = t2 ,
and
e01 = 1, e01 = 1 + t, e03 = 1 + t + t2

(b) Given that the representation of an element y in V : P3 (t) in the

second basis is  
1
y = 1

1
what is y?

[4] Do the same as in [2] for V : P3 (t) and Ax(t) = x(t + 1).

[5] Give the ranks of the operators in [2] and [4].

[6] For the pairs of matrices A and B given below give A ⊗ B.

(a)  
1  
1
A = 1;B = (3)
−2
2

(b)  
  2 3 1
1 1
A= ; B =  −2 0 −1  (4)
1 −1
1 1 1