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The document is a math assignment focused on linear algebra concepts, including inner products and properties of matrices. It presents various problems related to inner products in vector spaces, conditions for inner products with matrices, and defining inner products for polynomials. Additionally, it explores the properties of a specific matrix and its positive definiteness and rank.

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Linear Algebra Assignment Overview

The document is a math assignment focused on linear algebra concepts, including inner products and properties of matrices. It presents various problems related to inner products in vector spaces, conditions for inner products with matrices, and defining inner products for polynomials. Additionally, it explores the properties of a specific matrix and its positive definiteness and rank.

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Math Assignment (Linear Algebra)

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1. Let F n×1 be the space of (n × 1) column matrices over F , and Q be an n × n invertible matrix over F .

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For X, Y ∈ F n×1 set
⟨X|Y ⟩ = Y ∗ Q∗ QX.

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(a) Prove that this is indeed an inner product on F n×1 .
(b) Take an appropriate Q and derive the standard inner product for F n×1 .

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2. (a) Let V and W be vector spaces over F and suppose ⟨·|·⟩ on W. If T is a non-singular linear transfor-
mation from V into W, then show that
pT (α, β) = ⟨T α|T β⟩
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defines an inner product on V.


(b) Let V be the vector space of all continuous complex-valued functions on the unit interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.
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By following the above technique try to define new inner products for the space V.
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3. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix with real entries. For X, Y ∈ R2×1 , let


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Show that fA is an inner product on R2×1 if and only if A = At , A11 > 0, A22 > 0, and det(A) > 0.
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defines an inner product on the space R[x] of polynomials over the field R.
(b) Let W be the subspace of polynomials of degree less than or equal to n. Restrict the above inner product
to W and find the matrix of this inner product on W, relative to the ordered basis {1, x, x2 , ..., xn }.

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(a) Is this matrix A positive definite?
(b) What is rank(A)?

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