Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

School of Mathematics
Mathematics – II (UMA004): Tutorial sheet 09

1. Let V3 be a vector space. Examine whether the following are subspaces or not?
(i) W  {( a , b, c ) | ab  0} (v) W  {( a, b, c ) | a 2  b 2  c 2  1}
(ii) W  {( a , b, c ) | a  b  c} (vi) W  {( a, b, c ) | b  4c  0}
(iii) W  {( a, b, c) | b  a 2 } (vii) W  {( a, b, c) | 2a  5b}
(iv) W  {( a, b, c) | b  2a} (viii) W  {( a,2 a, a  1) | a  R}
2. Let V be a vector space of all the polynomials of degree  6 . Which of the following are subspaces?
Justify your answers? Given that, in each case f (x ) belongs to V .
(i) W  { f ( x) | deg f ( x)  4} (iv) W  { f ( x ) | f (0)  1}
(ii) W  { f ( x ) | f ( 2)  0 & f (5)  0} (v) W  { f ( x ) | f ( x ) having -ve coefficients}
(iii) W  { f ( x ) | coeffcient of x is 2 or  2}
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(vi) W  { f ( x ) | deg f ( x )  3}
3. Which of the following are the subspaces of C ( a, b ) , where C ( a, b ) is a vector space of all the real
valued functions defined and continuous on ( a, b)
(i) { f  C ( a, b ) | f ( x )  0  x  ( a , b)} (ii) { f  C ( a, b) | f (( a  b) / 2)  1}
4. For what value of k , will the vector v  (1, k ,4)  V3 is a linear combination of (1, 3, 2) and
(2, 1, 1) .
5. Which of the following subsets of the vector space of all the real polynomials are L.I.
(i) S  {x 2  1, x  1, x  1} (ii) S  {x 2  4, x  2, x  2, x 2 3}
6. Examine whether (1, 3,  5) belong to the linear space generated by S (that is span of S (  S  )), where
S  {(1,2,1), (1,1,  1), ( 4,5,2)} .
7. Which of the following polynomials are in [ x 3 , x 2  2 x, x 2  2, x  1]
(i) 3x 2  x  5 (ii) x 3  3 x 2  3 x  7
8. Examine whether the following set of vectors in V3 forms a basis or not?
(i) {(1,1,1), (1, 2, 3), ( 1, 0,1)} (iii) {(1,0,0), (0,1,0), (1,1,0), (1,1,1)}
(ii) {(1, 2 / 5,  1), (0, 1, 2), (3 / 4, 1, 1)} (iv) {(1, 2,  1), (0, 3, 1)}
9. Find basis and dimension of the subspace U of vector space V in the following cases:
(i) U  { p  P5 | p  0}, V  P5
(ii) U  {( x1 , x2 , , x5 )  V5 | x1  x2  x3  0, 3 x1  x4  7 x5  0} , V  V5
10. Let P be the space of real polynomials of degree at most 3. Let W1  { f ( x ) | f (1)  0, f ( x )  P3 } ,
W2  { f ( x ) | f (1)  0, f ( x )  P3 } be subspaces of P3 . Find the basis and dimension of W1 , W2 and
W1  W2 .
11. Determine the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvector for the following matrices:
 3 1 1  1 1 2   3 2 4
3 1 
(i) 6 2 

(ii)  2 1 2   
(iii)  1 2 1   (iv) 2 0 2
   0 1 2   0 1 1 4 2 3
12. Which of the following maps are Linear:
(i) T : V1  V3 defined by T ( x )  ( x, 2 x, 3 x )
(ii) T : V3  V3 defined by T ( x, y , z )  ( x 2  xy , xy , , yz )
(iii) T : V3  V2 defined by T ( x, y , z )  ( x, y )

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1. Subspaces: (iv),(vi), (vii).

2. Subspaces: (ii), (vi).
3. Subspaces: (i).
4. k 7.
5. (i).
6. No.
7. (i).
8. (ii).
9. i) {1, x, 2 x 3 , 5 x 4 , 9 x 5 } , dim = 5.
ii) {( 1,1, 0, 3, 0), ( 1, 0,1, 3, 0), (0, 0, 0, 7,1)} , dim = 3.
10. B1  {x  1, x 2  1, x3  1} , dim = 3.
B2  {1, x 2  2 x, x3  3 x} , dim = 3.
B3  { x 2  2 x  1, x 3  3 x  2} , dim = 2.
11. i)   0, 5 , (1, 3), (1, 2) .
ii)   1, 2, 3 , (0,1,1), (1, 0,1), (1, 1,1) .
iii)   1, 2,1 , (1, 0,1), (1, 3,1), (3, 2,1) .
iv)   1, 1,8 , [(1, 2, 0), (0, 2,1)], (2,1, 2) .
12. (i), (iii)