Quiz- Vector Space; Spanning Set; Linear Independence

Deadline of Submission : September 25, 2019 at Math and Physics Faculty room

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Solve the following problem. Show your complete and organized solutions. STRICTLY NO ERASURES. Erasures will
mean an invalid answer with NO POINT

a b 
1. Let V be the set of all 2 x 2 matrices A    such that the product abcd = 0 with standard operations on
c d 
matrices
a. Is V close under addition?
b. Is V close under scalar multiplication?
c. What is the zero vector in V?
d. Does every matrix A in V have a negative that is in V? Explain
e. Is V a vector space? Explain
 a 
2. Is the set of vectors of the form
 b  a subspace of R3?
 
a  2b 
3. Show that the vectors v1  0, 3, 1,  1 ; v 2  6, 0, 5, 1 ; v3  4,  7, 1, 3 form a linearly
dependent set in R 4 ?
4. Express V1 in number 3 as linear combination of V2 and V3.
5. For which value of x do the following vectors form a linearly dependent set in R 4
 1 1  1 1  1 1 
v1   x, ,  ; v 2   , x,  ; v1   , , x
 2 2   2 2   2 2 
6. Determine whether the following polynomial span P2
S  {1  x  2 x 2 , 3  x, 5  x  4 x 2 ,  2  2 x  2 x 2 }
7. Suppose that v1  2, 1, 0, 3 ; v 2  3,  1, 5, 2 ; v3   1 0, 2, 1
thus (2,3,-7,3) span v1 , v 2 , v3  . Show your solutions