—lizabeth Estrada id September 10, 2018 MTH 3250 HW 1 10 Problem 11.9. Give a geometric description of SpanIB for the following set: IB ={(=1, 2,3), (0, 0, 0), (2, —4, -6)} Proof. By definition, the span of the set IB contains all the vectors that are a linear combination of P),P2,Ps,...,Pu. Therefore, we have: SpanlB = {t(—1, 2,3) + s(0, 0,0) + (2, —4, -6) | t,s,v € R} SpanlB = {(—t, 2t, 3t) + (2v, —4v, —6v) | t,5,0 € R} SpaniB = {(-t + 2v, 2 — 4v, 3 — 6v) | t, 8, € R} We can factor the equation above. So that, SpanIB = {(—t + 2v)(1, -2, -3) | t, 8,0 € R} Then, from the general formula of a parametric line, we can conclude that SpanIB is a line in the direction of the vector (-1, 2, -3) and passes through the origin. aNN Ellie Estrada October 22, 2018 MTH 3250 HW 6 TO Problem 38. (ii) Find a lemmpebasis for Po{0, 1] :°} is a basis for Po[0, 1] Solution : B= {1,2,2?, Proof. In order to show that B is a basis for Py, We need to show that the following conditions hold: Po[0,1] = Span(B) e Bis linearly independent ‘To show that Py = Span(B): For all x € (0, 1] put folz) = 1, f(z) = @, fale) = B= {l,2,27,...,2°} (x) = 2”. And let ‘Then, let g(x) = a9 + at + apa? +... + gz? € Po{0, 1] be arbitrary. We know that a vector in spanB has the form ¢o + e1¢-+ 6x0? +... + e92? where = [0,1] and 9, ¢1,02)--103 €R. So, letting 6p = 40,01 = a1; 2 = @3y--y60 = ay we have that g(r) € spanB because g(x) is arbitrary. Hence, spanB = P,|0, 1). ‘To show that B is linearly independent, we consider the zero vector in Po, which is O(a) = 0 for all x. Thus, g(x) = Je) =0 ao + az + apa? +... + age? = O(0) = 0 s must We know that for a polynomial to be equal to zero all of its coefficien be equal to zero. Thus, ag = a = 2 =... = Ag =0 Hence, B is linearly independent. Therefore, B is a basis for Ps[0, 1]