SYBSC TUTORIAL No.

Paper II BASIS,
Q1. a) The vector u1= (1,2) and u2 = (4,-7) form a basis of ℝ2. Find the coordinates a, b  ℝ of

v = (5,3) relative to u1, u2.

b) S ={t3+t2, t2+t,t+1,1} is a basis of P3(t). Find the coordinates a, b, c, d  ℝ of

v = 2t3+t2-4t+2 relative to S.
Q2. Find a basis and dimension of following subspaces.
i) U = {(a, b, c, d) | b – 2c +d = 0 }
ii) W = {(a, b, c, d) | a = d, b = 2c}
iii) UW
iv) X = {(a, b, c, d) | a = 2b = 3c}
Q3. Determine whether the following sets are linearly independent.
i) {t3-4t2+3t+3, t3+2t2+4t-1, 2t3- t2-3t+5} in P3(t).
ii) {et, sin t, t2 } in C(ℝ).

 1  1  2 0   1 0   3  3 5 4 
iii)  , , , ,  in M2X2(ℝ).
 0 2   1 3  0  2   2 2  3 2 

Q4. Find a subset u1, u 2, u3, u4 that gives a basis for W = L({u1, u 2, u3, u4 }) where
1 1 1  1 1 1 1 0
1 1 1 0 ,u 
 0 0 0 0
u1 =   , u 2=  3=  ,u 4=  .

Q5. Check whether following sets are bases of V. Justify your answer.
a) S1 = { (1, 1), (2 , 2)} , S2 = { (1, 1), (1 , 0), ( 0, 1)}, S3 = { (1, 0)}
where V= ℝ2.

b) S1 = { (1, 0, 0), (2 , 0, 0), (0, 1, 0)} , S2 = { (1, 2, 3), (1, -1, 2)}
S3 = { (1, 1, 1), (1 , 0, 0), ( 0, 1, 2), (2 , 1, 3)} where V= ℝ3.