UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lia MAT3701 ‘OctobertNovember 2017 LINEAR ALGEBRA Duraton 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS. FIRST PROF JD BOTHA EXTERNAL PROF LM PRETORIUS This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue, This examination question paper consists of 3 pages ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS ‘ALL CALCULATIONS MUST BE SHOWN.QUESTION 1 Let A [ ae | and B { a ‘| tad let His and Wy be subspaces of Maya (C) defined by Wy = {X © Maxa(C) AX = XB) and Wa ={X € Moya (C) AX = -.X} (1.1) Find a basis for Wi, MWe (12) Explain whether or not Mae2(C) = Wi Wa QUESTION 2 Let T Maca (C) 4 Maea(C) be the lmnear operator over C* defined by T(X}) = AX, where f ° =]1 0 of, out and let W be the 7-cyclie subspace of Maya (C) generated by Is (the 3 x 3 identity mates) (2.1) Find the 7-cyche basis for W (22) Find the characterstie polynomial of Ty (2.3) Explain whether Tiy 1s one-to-one (2.4) Explain whethe Tiy 1 onto, MAT3701 October/November 2017 (4) a (35) () @) w a (25) For each ergenvalue of ‘iy, find a corresponding eigenvector expressed as a linear combination of the (7) L-eyche basis for W QUESTION 3 Let V — Mana (C) denote the mner product space over C with rospect to the Frobenius inner product, 1¢ (5 2) e}) Let 1 V-+ V be the linear operator defined by T(A) = (4+ 44) hh + saa + sis + eth (31) Show that Ts a projection (8.2) Show ha (1(4) 8) = (4,71) where A= [% "] ana B= (6 2] (3.3) Explain why 7 1s an orthogonal proyection (20) © a (13) (TURN OVER}3 MATS70L October/November 2017 QUESTION 4 Ehmunate the xy-term in Sa? 4 20y +5 =1 (*) 1x P € Moco (R) such that (4), expressed in terms of 2, defined (s]-r[9] contains no eross term State the (counterclockwise) angle of rotation by a rotation of the axes, 1e find a rotation by tas} QUESTION 5 Tet {RY +R? be the rid motion defined by S(a,b) = (1 +b,2~a) Express f in the form f = go 7’, where gis a translation and T’ an orthogonal operator on R? Find the vector up by which g translates If 71s a rotation, find the angle @ through which it rotates, and if Tw a reflection about a lune L through the ongin, find the equation of L and the angle cit makes with the pasttive «axis (8) QUESTION 6 Lat V = W@W, where V 1s a hnite-dimensional inner product space over F and W 1s a subspace of V Define tT VaVby Tw | wt) = w—w', where we W and wi € W+ (6.1) Show that 7'18 a hnear operator @ (6.2) Show that 1 1s self-adjount ) (6.3) Show that Tis untary ® (6.4) Show that the eigenvalues of T are \ = 1 and A = -1, and find the associated ergenspace of each (9) eigenvalue (24) ‘TOTAL MARKS: [100] © UNISA 2017