B U Department of Mathematics
Theory
Math 201 Matrix
Date: March25, 2008 hill Namc In ink
Time :
tu ent
ath 201 Number
Spring 2008First Midterm
XMPORTANT
1. Write
name.
one part. 3. Read surnameon top of each page. 2. exam consists of 4 questions some of which have morethan
the questionscarefully and write
sufficient explanation answersneatly Show all your work. Correct answersWith
might get full credit. 5. Calculators are not allo•æd. out
Q2 Q3 Qd TOTAL
10pts 16 pts 14 pts 20 ptg 60 pts
1. a) [8) Find the
inverse, if exists, of the followingmatri"sing the Gauss-Jordan method:
-1
Solution:
100 100
301
ra+racra 1 o o
11
o o 1
b) [2) Find -3
Ihverse,'lf exists, of the matrix
B
Solu#om•
Observethat A T.
Therefore, —1 (AT) 1
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suppose that t,hc partially known matrix A und its row reduced echelon form R are:
1203
0012
0000
suppose also that during the Gaussian elimination, no rows have been interchanged.
can you say about the third row of A?
a) [21What
Find a and b. (Justify your answer.)
b) [61
c) [61Find a for the null space of A and determine its dimension.
biL9ig
d) [21Is the c system solvable for every c y: 0? Exblain.
Solution:
a-) Third row is linearly dependent to the other two rows.
Sincethere is no pivot in the second column, a 4.
121 1 2 OO-2b
We already have two pivots, no other operation is left.
c-) null(A) = null(R)
null(A) span
Sincethese cwo veccorsarc linearly independent, they form a basis and dim(Null(A))=2.
d-) Ax = c R-c:•—E. If ö31 0, then there will be inconsistency. Hence, the answer is
NO!
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with the usual matrix addition and
3. Let M be the vector space of all 3 x 3
matrices if AT = —[Link] S be thei
multiplication. A square matrix A is
3 X 3 antisymmetric matrices in M.
a) [6) Show that S is a subspace of M. dimension.
b) [G]Find a basis for S and determine its antisymmetric matrices. What is its dim
n
c) Let sn be the vector space of all n x ension?
Solution:
(A+B)T = AT+BT —A-
a-) Let A, D e S.. i.e., AT -A, BT = -B. Then,
Hence, A + B S.
For any k G R, (kA)T = kAT —(kA). Hence, kA G'S.
b-) Al =
010 0 0 1 are linearly
independent
vectors in
000
hrrthermore, if A e S, then AT = —A A = —a: 0 c for some a, b, c R.
Hence, A aA1 -F bA2-F cA3, which khows that 442,443) and
c-) In an n x n matrix A, there are n2 entries. But if AT = —A,diagonal entries has to be
zero
which reduces the number of of entries to n2—n. Due to AT —A condition, we divide this by
2.
Therefore, (n —l)n
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4. whether the
following
a) 161 be
Ofthe
size. If
the first
000 Of
False:Take B
123 010
000 000
123 000
000
000
b) (6) Let A, B
be arbitrary
matrices so that
AB is defined.
If AB B then
A 1.
False: Take A =
1/2 2 , B = 2
—1
AB = B but 1.
c) [8] Supposp
is a basis for IRn and A
is an n x n invertiblematrix.
Then
Solution:
frue•./First of allöAv1, Avn are linearly independent:
Assume cl(AÜ1) -F ... -F cn(Avn) 0.. %en,
4-4(C2V2) + -l- A(CIVI -F Cnvn) O.
Since '04 is invertible, CIVI-l- ... -l- cnvn must be zero. But VI,...,vn are linearly independent;
Cl, all be zero.
We have n linearly independent vectors in R". Hence, they form a basis for R".
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Vero :
of Mathematics
BU Department Theory
Math 201 Matrix
Date: 30 October2008 FullName
er
Time: Math 201 um
Student ID
Midterm
Fall 2008 First
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IMPORTANT exam' consists of 7 questions some of which
1. Write doæn your name and sumame on' top of each page. 2. The
neatly under the space provided. 4.
anss•zers have
multiple parts 3. Read each questioncarefully and put your are np_tallowed.
Calculators
work. Correct answers without justification will net get credit. 5.
.Q5. 'Q64 Q? TOTAL
Q2 Q3 Q4
15 pts 100pts
10 pts 15 pts 15 pts 15 peg* [Link] gi5
1.)For each of the followingsubsets of Rd, determine whether it is a subspace of Rd or not.. If it isa
subspace theu prove, if riot explain why.
[5pts) a) W = {c = ($1, YES) he cazos..e-æ
oe
YES a...uc:zø: CO
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pts] 2.) Determine whether
the matrix A
belowis invertible (nonsingular)or not. If it is,
00 •J
3
1'10 0 1
(23
, a-c-eu
of A
3.) (10 pts) a) Find the LV decomposition
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[5 pts) b) Using part (a) find the LDU decompositionof A.
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(15pus) 4.) Using one of the
methods d(scribed in this oyurse, find
the general solution o/thc system
—3x2 —x, 7
2.C1
3Z2 45%, = —
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or give a counter
then prove, if false digprove of s
5.) of false. If then dimension m.
subspace g,
[5 pts) a) If the vectors $1,$2,$3,. • .$,n
that•
cnnnot be. empty.
vector space
[5 pts) b) The intersection of two subspaces of a
As = Ay, thén y
[5 pts] c) Let A be an m x n matrix, and y n. x 1 vectors. If
Q
6.) [5 pts] a) Give the definition of a symmetric matrix.
[10pts] b) Let M be the vector space of all n x matricå. Lét S be the subset of
nxn of
that S isa subspaceof M.
e4S*) AT
110pts) a) Determine whether the set
W of givenbelow is linearly independent or not.
If not, find lincur)y'independent subset of W
which {pans the same subspace of R' as W.
6--t•-e—
C ere are
an ,
ether the vector b (6,3, 4) is in the span Of vectors
(5 pts) b) De
(1,0,1) and y =
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