M340L EXAM 3B 1:00 Your name:

SPRING, 2011
Dr. Schurle Your UTEID:

SHOW ALL YOUR WORK on these pages. Be organized and neat. Your work
should be your own; there should be no talking, reading notes, checking laptops, using
cellphones, . . . .
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1. (8 points) Is v =  2  an eigenvector of the matrix  −8
  
2 2 
? If so, what is
−1 7 −1 2
its eigenvalue? If not, explain why not.
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2. (20 points) State whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F). If
the given statement is false, then give a true statement as similar as possible to the
given one.

(a) If A is an n × n matrix and Ax = λx for some scalar λ, then x is an eigenvector

of A.

(b) If B and C are bases for a vector space V , then the columns of the change of
coordinates matrix from B to C are linearly independent.

(c) The eigenvalues of a square matrix are the scalars on its main diagonal.

(d) If A and P are square matrices and AP = P D, with D diagonal, then the nonzero
columns of P must be eigenvectors of A.

(e) If the square matrix A is diagonalizable, then A is invertible.

(f) For any scalar c and vector v in Rn , ||cv|| = c||v||.

(g) If vectors v1 , . . . , vp span a subspace W of Rn and if x is orthogonal to each vj

for j = 1, . . . , p, then x is in the orthogonal complement of W .

(h) The orthogonal projection ŷ of a vector y in Rn onto a subspace W of Rn can

sometimes depend on the orthogonal basis for W used to compute ŷ.

(i) Not every orthogonal set in Rn is linearly independent.

(j) The best approximation to a vector y in Rn by elements of a subspace W of Rn

is given by the vector y − projW y.
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3. (18 points) Determine whether the matrix A =  0 2 0  is diagonalizable. If it is,
 

4 5 1
find the relevant P and D. If it is not, explain why not.
4. Remember that P2 is the vector space of all polynomials of degree no more than 2.
Suppose T : P2 → P2 is the linear transformation given by T (p(t)) = 3tp0 (t) + 2p(t),
where p0 (t) is the derivative of p(t).

(a) (4 points) Calculate and simplify T (2t2 + 3t − 1).

(b) (8 points) What is the matrix for T relative to the standard basis for P2 ?

(c) (8 points) What is the matrix for T relative to the basis B = {1, t − 2, (t − 2)2 }?
5. Let W be the subspace of R4 spanned by the vectors u1 , u2 , u3 , where

1 2 1
     
 1   0   3 
u1 =   , u2 =  , u3 = .
     
 −1   4   0 
2 1 −2

(a) (4 points) Verify that {u1 , u2 , u3 } is an orthogonal basis for W .

10
 
 4 
(b) (10 pts.) Find (and simplify) the vector in W that is closest to y =  .

−13

 
−10

(c) (6 points) Find the distance between y and the vector in W that is closest to y.

(d) (6 points) Find a nonzero vector in W ⊥ .

6. (8 points) The 2 × 2 matrix A has eigenvalues 0.32 and -0.68. What matrix do the
powers Ak of A approach as k gets larger and larger? Justify your answer.