LINEAR ALGEBRA EXERCISES
+s tm} of vectors in R” (in Rfz])
QuEsTION 1. Check whether a system {u
is linearly independent.
Question 2, Given a system 5 = {a1,,..,aq} in RY and a vector 6, check
whether $ is a basis, and if yes, find [tJs, the coordinate vector of b relative to 8.
QuEsTION 3, Given bases S = {a1,...,aq} and S’ = {b1,...,bn} of R® (of
Rn la), find the transition matrix from 5 to 5”,
QuESTION 4. Find a basis of the solution space of a homogeneous system of
linear equations Ax = 0.
Question 5. Given a system of linear equations Ar = , find its generel
solution in the form z= cy +.a3¢1 +--+ axck, where op is its particular solution
and ¢1,...,¢b 18 a basis of the solution space of the corresponding homogeneous
system Az = 0.
‘QUESTION 6. Given a linear operator A: R? —+ R? (rotation, reflection, pro-
Jection), find the matrix of A in the standard basis,
Question 7, A linear operator A : R” + R" is given by the matrix A in the
standard basis, Find the matrix of A in a basis S ={c1,...,¢a}.
Question 8, Determine whether an nxn matrix A over R (over C) is diagonal-
izable, and if yes, find.a diagonal matrix D and a matrix T such that D = TAT.
Question 9. Using the Gram-Schmidt process, transform basis a,,...,a, of
R” into an orthonormal basis ¢1,...,¢n-
QUESTION 10. Given a system of vectors a1,...,4m in R®, find a homogeneous
system of linear equations Az = 0 whose solution space is (@1,-..y,).