LA Unit 2
LA Unit 2
LA Unit 2
Manufacturing Kurnool
Linear Algebra
Assignment
1. Is the set of all 2×2 matrices with determinant 1 a vector space? Justify
your answer.
2. Given a vector space V and a subset W defined by a certain condition
(e.g., W = {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 | x + y + z = 0}), determine whether W is a
subspace of V . If yes, find a basis for it.
3. Prove that the intersection of two subspaces is also a subspace.
4. If W1 and W2 are subspaces of a vector space V , under what conditions
is their union W1 ∪ W2 a subspace of V ?
5. Find a basis for the vector space of all polynomials of degree at most 3.
6. Given the vectors {(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9)} in R3 , determine whether
they form a basis. If not, find a basis for the subspace they span.
7. Define the dimension of a vector space. How does the dimension of a
vector space relate to the number of vectors in a basis?
8. Prove that all bases of a finite-dimensional vector space have the same
number of elements.
9. What is the dimension of the vector space of all m × n matrices over R?
10. Given a subspace W of a vector space V , explain how the dimension of
W relates to the dimension of V .
11. Let M ∈ M10 (R) be an upper triangular matrix with all diagonal entries
0, and I ∈ M10 (R) be the identity matrix. Then check which of the
following is correct? Justify your answer
(a) M x = 0 has only trivial solution.
(b) (M + I)x = 0 has only trivial solution.
(c) (cM + I)x = 0 has only trivial solution for every c ∈ R.
(d) (M + cI)x = 0 has only trivial solution for every c ∈ R.
12. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct. Justify your answer
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18. Consider the vector space V of all polynomials of degree at most n with
real coefficients. Let W = {p(x) ∈ V | p(1) = p(2)}.
(a) Prove that W is a subspace of V .
(b) Find the dimension of W .
19. Let V be the vector space of all 2 × 2 matrices with real entries. Deter-
mine the dimension of the subspace W of V defined by
W = A ∈ V | AT = −A