Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Department of Mathematics
Tutorial Questions for
Mathematics- II (MA-12101)
Lecture 12: Linear Transformation

1) For the set of vectors S  X 1 , X 2 , , where X 1  1,3T , X 2  4,6T are in IR 2 ,find the matrix of the
T T
linear transformation T : IR  IR , such that TX 1   2,2,7  and TX 2   2, 4, 10  .
2 3

1  1 
 
Ans:   4 2 .
 2  3
 

 x   2 x  y 
2) Define two functions T : IR 2  IR 2 and S : IR 2  IR 2 by T        and
 y  0
   
  x   x  y
S       . Determine whether T, S, and the composite S∘T are linear transformations.
  y    xy 

Ans: T and S∘T are linear transformations, but S is not.

3) Let V denote the vector space of 2×2 matrices, and WW the vector space of 3×2 matrices. Define
a  b 2d 
 a b   
the linear transformation T : V  W by T      2b  d  3c . Find a basis for the
  
 c d   2b  c  3a 
 
range of T.

1 0  1 0  0 0  0 2 
       
Ans: Basis of T   0 0 , 2 0 , 0  3 ,  1 0 .
       
0  3 2 0   1 0  0 0  
      

4) Let T be the linear transformation from the 3-dimensional vector space IR3 to IR3 itself satisfying
 1  1   2  0   0  1 
           
the following relations: T  1   0 , T  3   2 , T  1   0 . Then for any vector
          
 1  1   5    1  2  0
           
3
x  IR , find the formula for T (x).

 3x  7 y  3z 
Ans: T  x   2 x  4 y  2 z .
 
 2 x  6 y  3z 
  1  4   0  3 
5) Let T : IR 2  IR 2 be a linear transformation such that T        , T       . Then find
 1  1  1  2
       
2
the matrix A such that T(x)=Ax for every x∈IR , and find the rank and nullity of T.

1 3
Ans: A    , Rank(T)=2, Nullity(T)=0.
  1 2 