Math 311.

503/505 - Practice for Midterm 1

1. Answer TRUE or FALSE. i) The set of all n n symmetric matrices is a vector space. ii) The set of all positive continous functions on [0, 1] is a vector space. iii) The set {1, x, x2 } is a basis for the vector space of all polynomials of degree 2. iv) Product of elementary matrices is also an elementary matrix. v) If the n n matrix A is row equivalent with the identity then A is nonsingular. vi) Let A be a m n matrix. Then N (A) = N (AT ). viii) Let A be a n n matrix. Then det(A) = det(AT ). 2.Use Gaussian elimination to solve the following system: x1 x2 + 3x3 + 2x4 = 1 x1 + x2 2x3 + x4 = 2 2x1 2x2 + 7x3 + 7x4 = 1. 3. Find the values of x such that the matrix x 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 4. Let A be the 4 5 matrix 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 15

1 0 1 x

Find a basis for the null space of A, N (A) and a basis for the null space of AT , N (AT ) Compute the dimension of this spaces. 5. Let be a real number and let u := (cos sin )T and v := (sin cos ). Find the transition matrix from {e1 , e2 } to {u , v } and the coordinates of (1, 1)T with respect to {u , v }.

 6. Let x1 and x2 be linearly independent vectors in Rn . Let A be a non-singular n n matrix. Set y1 = A(x1 + x2 ), y2 = A(x1 x2 ).

Show that y1 and y2 are linearly independent. 7. Compute the LU factorization of the 1 3 2 matrix 1 1 5 6 2 7

8. (i) Let A be a n n matrix and x = y vectors in Rn such that Ax = Ay. Show that A is singular. (ii) Let A, B, C be n n matrices and assume that A is non singular. Show that if AB = AC then B must be equal to C. Give an examples that this is no longer true if A is singular. 9. Let Dn be the set of n n diagonal matrices. (i) Show that D is a subspace of the vector space of all n n matrices, Rnn . (ii) Find a basis for Dn and compute the dimension dimDn . (iii) Show that for every D1 , D2 in Dn , D1 D2 = D2 D1 . 10. (i)Let S be the set of all polynomials p of degree 3 such that 1 and 2 is a root of p. Show that S is a subspace and nd a basis for S. (ii) Show that the functions {ex , e2x , e3x , e4x } are linearly independent in C (3) (R). Then show that the matrix 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 22 32 42 1 23 33 43 is not singular.