Institute of Mathematical Sciences
University of Malaya
SIM 2002 & SJEM 2211
LINEAR ALGEBRA
Tutorial Paper 5
0 1 a1 a2 0 0 1 b1 b2 0
1. Let A = 0
0 0 0 1 , B = 0 0 0 0 1 ,
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0
C = 0 0 0 0 1 , D = 0 0 0 1 0.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(i) Are A, B, C, D in reduced row echelon form?
(ii) If row space of A = row space of B, prove that A = B.
(iii) Is the row space of C the same as the row space of D?
2. Let U = h(1, 1, 0, −1), (1, 2, 3, 0), (2, 3, 3, −1)i and W = h(1, 2, 2, −2), (2, 3, 2, −3), (1, 3, 4, −3)i
be subspaces of R4 . Find
(i) a basis of U ;
(ii) a basis of W ;
(iii) a basis of U + W ;
(iv) dim(U ∩ W ).
3. Let U and W be subspaces of a vector space V . Let {u1 , . . . , us } be a basis of U
and {w1 , . . . , wt } be a basis of W . Prove that {u1 , . . . , us , w1 , . . . , wt } is a basis of V
⇔ V = U ⊕ W.
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4. Let A = 2
4 −5 1 −6 ∈ M3,5 (R). Find a basis for the null space of A
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and the rank of A. Is
(the rank of A + dimension of the null space of A) = (the number of columns of A)?
1
1 2 1 −2
5. Let A = 2 4 4 −3. Find a basis of the null space of A and the rank of A.
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Is
rank of A + dim of null space of A = number of column of A?
6. Relative to the basis S = {u1 , u2 } = {(1, 1), (2, 3)} of R2 , find the coordinate
vector of v where
(i) v = (4, −3);
(ii) v = (a, b).
7. Find the coordinate vector of v = (a, b, c) in R3 relative to
(i) the usual basis E = {(1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)};
(ii) the basis S = {u1 , u2 , u3 } = {(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0)}.
8. Let E = {(1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)}, S = {(1, 0, 1), (2, 1, 2), (1, 2, 2)}. Find
(i) the transition matrix P from the basis E to the basis S;
(ii) the transition matrix Q from the basis S to the basis E.