Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

MAT216 : Linear Algebra and Fourier Analysis

Fall-2025
Assignment-2
Submission: Google Forms
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1. Show that the set of all matrices iwith
h realientries of the form with the matrix addition and scaler
h
a1 2 a2 2
h
a1 +a2 2
i 2 ab 2   ka 2 
multiplication defined by 2 b1 + 2 b2 = 2 b1 +b2 & k 2 b = 2 kb form a vector space over
the field R.

2. Let V=R+ be the set of all positive real numbers. We define vector addition & scaler multiplication
by x ⊕ y = xy ∀ x, y ∈ R+ & k ◦ x = xk ∀x ∈ R+ & k ∈ R. Is V a vector space over the field R? Justify
your answer.

3. Let V be the set of all ordered pairs of real numbers and consider the following addition and scalar
multiplication operations on x = (x1 , x2 ) and y = (y1 , y2 ) :

x + y = (x1 + y1 + 1, x2 + y2 + 1)
kx = (kx1 , kx2 )

Is V a vector space?
(Hint: Dont forget to check M2 and M3 for this problem)

4. Let V be the set of all ordered pairs of real numbers and consider the following addition and scalar
multiplication operations on x = (x1 , x2 ) and y = (y1 , y2 ) :

x + y = (x1 + y1 + 1, x2 .y2 )
kx = k2 x1 , 0

Is V a vector space over the field R?

5. Let V=R2 be the The set of all pairs of real numbers of the form (x, y), where x ≥ 0; with the standard
operations on R2 . Is V a vector space over the field R? Justify your answer.

6. Let W be the subset of a vector space V = R3 defined as W = {(r, 0, s) : r3 + s3 = 0, r, s ∈ R}.

Determine whether W is a subspace of V . [2]

7. Consider the subset W = {A ∈ M3×3 (R) | A⊤ = −A} of all 3 × 3 real skew-symmetric matrices;
determine whether W is a subspace of M3×3 (R) over the field C.
  

 a
 



  3
8. Is the set of vectors W = b ∈ R a + bc = 0 a subspace of the vector space V = R3 .

 

c
 

9. Consider the vector space V of 2 by 2 matrices with usual operations, M2×2 (R). Now, Consider the
following subsets:

• W1 = {M2×2 (R) : det M2×2 (R) = 0}

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 • W2 = {M2×2 (R) : det M2×2 (R) ̸= 0}
• W3 = {M2×2 (R) : det M2×2 (R) = 1}

Verify which of the subsets are subspace of V . Explain your answer.

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→
− →
− →
−o
10. Check whether the set of vectors S = x ∈ R : A x = 0 is a subspace of the vector space Rn ,
n

where A is an m × n matrix.

11. What is Linear Combination? What do you mean by Linear dependence & independence? Given:
     
1 2 3
     
v1 = 
0 , v2 = 1 , v3 = 1
    

2 3 5

Determine if the vectors v1 , v2 , v3 are linearly independent or dependent. If they are dependent,
express one of the vectors as a linear combination of the others.

12. What do you understand by: Linear Span? Find the basis and dimension of W , where
     


 1 2 3 
     
 
2 3 4 
W = span   ,   ,  
     
3 4 7

      
 


 4 
5 9 

   
2 1
   
13. For which value of λ , v =  1
 
 is a linear combination of v1 =  2  and
 
5 1
 
−3
 
v2 = 
 −1 

λ

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Best of Luck.

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