UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MT204: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS — 2018 Tut 2/VM

1. Determine the dimension of and a basis for the solution space of the systems?
x +y +z =0
x1 +x2 −x3 = 0
3x +x2 +x3 +x4 = 0 3x +2y −2z =0
(a) −2x1 −x2 +2x3 = 0 (b) 1 (c)
5x1 −x2 +x3 −x4 = 0 4x +3y −z =0
−x1 +x3 = 0
6x +5y +z =0
2. Let  
   1 4 5 6 9
1 −1 3 1 4 5 2  3 −2 1 4 −1 
(a) A =  5 −4 −4  (b) A =  2 1 3 0  (c) A =  
 −1 0 −1 −2 −1 
7 −6 2 −1 3 2 2
2 3 5 7 8
(a) Find a basis for the null space of A.
(b) Find a basis for the row space of A by reducing the matrix to row-echelon for.
(c) Find the rank and nullity of A.
3. Use the definition of a linear operator to show that the function T : R2 → R2 given by
the formula T (x1 , x2 ) = (x1 + 2x2 , 3x1 − x2 ) is a linear operator.
4. Use the definition of a linear transformation to show that the function T : R3 → R2
given by the formula T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (2x1 − x2 + x3 , x2 − 4x3 , x2 − 4x3 ) is a linear
transformation.
5. Determine whether the following functions are linear transformations. Justify your
answer.
(a) T : R3 → R3 , where v0 is a fixed vector in R3 and T (u) = u × v0
(b) T : M22 → M23 , where B is a fixed 2 × 3 matrix and T (A) = AB.
(c) T : Mmn → R, where T (A) + tr(A).
 
a b
(d) T : M22 → R, where T = a2 + b 2
c d
(e) T : P2 → P2 , where T (a0 + a1 x + a2 x2 ) = a0 + a1 (x + 1) + a2 (x + 2)2

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6. Consider the basis S = {v1 , v2 } for R2 , where v1 = (−2, 1), v2 = (1, 3) and let T : R2 →
R3 be a linear transformation such that T (v1 ) = (−1, 2, 0) and T (v2 ) = (0, −3, 5). Find
a formula for T (x1 , x2 ), and use the formula to find T (2, −3).
7. Consider the basis S = {v1 , v2 , v3 } for R3 , where v1 = (1, 2, 1), v2 = (2, 9, 0) and
v3 = (3, 3, 4) and let T : R3 → R2 be a linear transformation such that T (v1 ) = (1, 0).
T (v2 ) = (−1, 1), and T (v3 ) = (0, 1). Find a formula for T (x1 , x2 , x3 ), and use the
formula to find T (7, 13, 7).
8. For the matrices below find;
(a) the characteristic equations.
(b) the eigenvalues.
(c) the bases for the eigenspace.
     
3 0 −2 −7 0 0
(a) (b) (c)
8 −1 1 2 0 0
     
−2 0 1 5 0 1 5 6 2
(d)  −6 −2 0  (e) 1 1 0  (f)  0 −1 −8 
19 5 −4 −7 1 0 1 0 −2
   
0 0 2 0 10 −9 0 0
 1 0 1 0   4 −2 0 0 
 0 1 −2 0  (h)  0
(g)    
0 −2 −7 
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
9. Determine whether A is diagonalizable. If so find the matrix P that diagonalizes A,
and determine P −1 AP
     
19 −9 6 −1 4 −2 5 0 0
(a)  25 −11 −9  (b)  −3 4 0  (c)  1 5 0 
17 −9 −4 −3 1 3 0 1 5