Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Department of Mathematics
Tutorial Questions for
Mathematics- II (MA-12101)
Lecture 11: Basis and dimension, Dimension theorem

1) Find the dimension of IR4 spanned by the set

1 0 0 0  ,  0 1 0 0  , 1 2 0 1,  0 0 0 1.

Ans:<4

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2) Write t 2  t 1 as a linear combination of the elements of the set S : 3t, t 2 1, t 2  2t  2 Show
that S is the spanning set for all polynomials of degree 2 and can be taken as its basis.

Ans:
  2
  2
t 2  t  1   t  t  1  2 t  2t  2  .
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3) Let V be the following subspace of the 4-dimensional vector space R4
 
V  (x1 , x 2 , x 3, x 4 ) T  IR 4 : x1 - x 2  x 3 - x 4  0 . Find a basis of the subspace V and its dimension.
Ans:  
Basis  (1,1,0,0)T , (-1,0,1,0)T , (1,0,0,1)T , dimension of V=3.
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4) Is the set S = {(1, 1),(1,−1)} a basis for IR ? (Ans: Yes)
5) Is S = {(1, 0),(0, 1),(−2, 5)} a basis for R2? (Ans: No)
Find a basis for span{ (1, 2, 3), (−1,−2,−3), (0, 1, 1), (1, 1, 2)}. (Ans: { (1, 2, 3), (0, 1, 1)}).