Linear Algebra

Midterm Exam
Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering
Year 2013-2014

Problem 1 (0.6 pts.). Show whether or not the following transformation are linear:
a) T (x1 , x2 ) =

1
x1

1
x2

from R2 to R.

b) T (f ) = f + 2f + 3f from P2 to P2 (where P2 is the space of the polynomials of

degree less or equal to 2).
c) T (x1 , x2 ) = (2x1 3x2 , 4 |x2 |) from R2 to R2 .

Problem 2 (0.6 pts.). Find

and the kernel of the linear transformation
a basis of the image
2 2 4 4
T (~x) = A~x, where A = 2 1 7 4 .
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Problem 3 (0.8 pts.). Find the matrix of the linear transformation T (~x) =

  
2
1
.
,
with respect to the basis
1
1

2 2
2 1

~x

Problem 4 (1.2 pts.). Let V be the vector space of all functions of the form f (x) =
acos(x) + bsin(x) a subspace of C (Differentiable functions for which the f (n) derivative
exists for all n). Consider the linear transformation T (f ) = f 2f 3f from V to V .
a) Find the matrix associated to T with respect to the basis B = {cos(x), sin(x)}.
b) Is that matrix invertible?
c) How many solutions f in V does the differential equation f (x) 2f (x) 3f (x) =
cos(x) have?
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Midterm Exam

Problem 5 (0.8 pts.). Let us B = {[1, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 1]} be a basis of a vector subspace
W R4 .
a) Find a system of linear equations that define W , (general form of W ).
b) Find the coordinates of vector ~v = [2, 1, 1, 1] in the basis B.


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c) Find, a basis of C of W , such that: PCB =
1 1