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Matrix Rank, Nullity, and Spaces Guide

The document is a tutorial sheet for a Mathematics II course covering topics such as row space, column space, rank, and nullity. It includes various exercises asking students to find bases for null and row spaces, determine ranks and nullities of matrices, and apply concepts to specific matrix operations. Additionally, it discusses the relationship between row spaces of matrices and includes theoretical questions about matrix ranks.

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Matrix Rank, Nullity, and Spaces Guide

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MATHEMATICS-II

Second Semester 2024-2025


Tutorial Sheet-3
Topics: Row space, Column space, Rank and Nullity

1. Find a basis for the null space of A, where


 
1 −3 2 2 1
0 −3 
 
1 4 5 2 
 0 3 6 
(a) A =  2 1 3 0  (b) A =  2 −3 −2 4 4 
 
−1 3 2 2 3 −6 0
 
 6 5 
−2 9 2 −4 −5

2 −4 0
 
0
2. Find a basis for the row space of A =  0 5 15 10  consisting entirely of row
2 −5 −3 −2
vectors from A.

3. Find the rank and nullity of the matrix A given below, then verify the ”Dimension
Theorem for matrices”.
 
1 4 5 6 9
2 −1 3
   
1 3 1 4
3 −2 1 4 −1 
 
(a) A = 4 −2 1 (b) A = 2 4 2 0  (c) A = 
   
−1 0 −1 −2 −1 

−1 −3 0 5

2 1 0
2 3 5 7 8

4. Suppose that A and B are n Ö n matrices and A is invertible. Invent and prove a
theorem that describes how the row spaces of AB and B are related.

1 −1 t
 

5. Disucss how the rank of A varies with t, where A =  1 t −1 


t2 1 −1
6. Are there values of r and s for which the matrix
 
1 0 0
 0 r−2 2
 

0 s − 1 r + 2
 
 
0 0 3

has rank 1? Has rank 2? If so, find those values.

7. Use matrix multiplication to find the following:


(a) dilation of (−1, 2) with factor k = 3. (b) contraction of (2, −1, 3) with factor
k = 1/4. (c) the image of the vector (3, −4) when it is rotated about the origin
through an angle θ = π/4. (d) the image of the vector (2, −1, 2) if it is rotated π/4
counterclockwise about the positive y-axis.

1
8. Express the product of Ax as a linear combination of the column vectors of A.
 
5 2 6
1 −1 3 
   
 4 3
     
3 −1 5 2 1 5

(a) (b)  0 1 7  6  (c)  0 
 
1 4 2 6 3 8
−5
 
 2 1 3  9
4 −2 1

9. Determine whether b is in the column space of A, and if so, express b as a linear


combination of the column vectors of A.
   
1 2 0 1 4
1 −1 1
   
5
0 1 2 1 3
   
(a) A = 9 3 1 ; b = 1 (b) A =  ; b = 
       
1 2 1 3 5

−1
   
1 1 1
0 1 2 2 7

10. Find the vector form of the general solution of the following system of the form AX = b,
then use that result to find the vector form of the general solution of corresponding
homogeneous system AX = 0

x1 + 2x2 − 3x3 + x4 = 4
−2x1 + x2 + 2x3 + x4 = −1
−x1 + 3x2 − x3 + 2x4 = 3
4x1 − 7x2 − 5x4 = −5

11. Use the criterion “The rank of a matrix A is r if and only if A has some r ×r submatrix
with a nonzero determinant and all square submatrces of larger size have determinant
zero” to find the rank of the following martices.
1 −1 2 0
   
    1 0 1
1 2 0 1 2 3
(a) (b) (c)  2 −1 3  (d)  3 1 0 0 
2 4 −1 2 4 6
3 −1 4 −1 2 4 0
[Note: A submatrix of A is any matrix obtained by deleting rows or columns of A. The
matrix A itself is also considered to be a submatrix of A.]

12. If A is an m × n matrix, what is the largest possible value for its rank and the smallest
possible value for its nullity?

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