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    The document is a mathematics exam with 4 questions on linear algebra topics. Question 1 covers vector space properties, linear operators, and matrix inverses. Question 2 involves differential operators and linear mappings. Question 3 finds matrix representations relative to bases. Question 4 finds eigenspaces and determines diagonalizability.

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    SMA 2306 Linear Algebra II

    Mathematics and computer science (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and


    Technology)

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    JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY


    OF
    AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

    University Examinations 2014/2015

    EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN


    MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
    IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

    SMA 2306: LINEAR ALGEBRA II


    DATE: APRIL 2015 TIME: 2 HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND


    ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS.
    ______________________________________________________________________

    QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

    (a) Use a counter – example to show that V is not a vector space over ℝ
    with respect to each of the following operations of addition and scalar
    multiplication in V, where V is such that V = ℝ}

    i) (a, b) + (c, d) = (a + c, b + d) and k(a, b) = (ka, b)

    ii) (a, b) + (c, d) = (a, b) and k (a, b) = (ka, kb) (8


    marks)

    (b) i) Define an operator T : ℝ3→ℝ3 by T(x, y, z) = (2x, -y, z) Determine


    whether T is linear. (3
    marks)

    ii) Find a formula for the linear map A: ℝ3 →ℝ4, whose


    image is generated by the set {1, -2, 0, 4), (2, 0, -1, -3)}(4
    marks)

    (c) Find a formula for the inverse operator T-1 of the operator T: ℝ2 →ℝ2,
    such that T(x, y) = (-2x, 3x + y) (5
    marks)

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    (d) Find the eigen –values of the matrix A = (4 marks)

    (e) Compute the matrix of the linear operator T: ℝ2 →ℝ2, such that T (x, y)
    = (4x + 2y, x + y) in the basis {f1 = (1, 1), f2 = (-1, 0)} (6 marks)

    QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

    (a) Let V be the vector space for polynomials in t over ℝ of degree and let
    D: V →V be the differential operator, defined by:

    D (p(t) = .

    Compute the matrix of D in the basis {1, t, t2, t3} and find the
    trace of D. (10 marks)

    (b) Define a linear mapping T on ℝ3 by T ( x, y, z) =


    (x + 2y – z, y + z, x + y – 2z)

    Find:

    i) a basis and the dimension of the image U of T

    ii) a basis and the dimenstion of the kernel W or T (10 marks)

    QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

    (a) Find the matrix representation of the operator T on ℝ2 such that T (x, y)
    = (3x – 2y, x + 5y) relative to the basis {f1 = (1, 3), f2 = (2, 5)}(10
    marks)

    (b) Let F: ℝ3 →ℝ2 be the linear mapping defined by F (x, y, z) =


    (3x + 2y – 4z, x – 5y + 3z)

    Find the matrix of F relative to the bases of ℝ3, and ℝ2:


    {f1 = (1, 1, 1), f2 = (1, 1, 0), f3 = (1, 0, 0)}, {g1 = (1, 3), g2 = (2, 5)}(10
    marks)

    QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

    (a) Find a basis of the eigenspace of the matrix A = (16 marks)

    (b) Determine whether the matrix in part (a) is diagnonalizable. (4


    marks)

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