APRIL/MAY 2020

BMA61/UMA61 — LINEAR ALGEBRA

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

1. Define : subspace.
Áøμ¯Ö : EÒöÁÎ.

2. Define : Linearly independent set.

Áøμ¯Ö : J¸£i \õº£ØÓ Pn®.

3. Define : Dual space.

Áøμ¯Ö : C¸© öÁÎ.

4. Define : Inner product space.

Áøμ¯Ö : Em ö£¸US öÁÎ.

5. Define : Linear transformation.

Áøμ¯Ö : J¸£i E¸©õØÓ®.

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6. When a linear transformation is said to be
non-singular?
J¸£i E¸©õØÓzøu G¨ö£õÊx ÁÊÁØÓx GÚU
TÖ÷Áõ®?

7. Define : canonical form.

Áøμ¯Ö : {¯©Ú ÁiÁ®.

8. State any two properties of m (T ) .

m (T ) &ß H÷uÝ® Cμsk £s¦PøÍU TÖP.

9. Prove that tr ( A )   tr ( A ) .
tr ( A )   tr ( A ) GÚ {ÖÄP.

10. Define : symmetric matrix.

Áøμ¯Ö : \©a^º Ao.

SECTION B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

11. (a) Prove that any set containing a linearly

dependent set is also linearly dependent.
J¸£i \õº¦ÒÍ Pnzøu EÒÍhUQ¯ G¢u J¸
Pn•® J¸£i \õº¦ÒÍøÁ GÚ {ÖÄP.

Or

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 (b) Show that intersection of two subspaces is a
subspace.
C¸ EÒöÁÎPÎß öÁmk J¸ EÒöÁÎ GÚ
{ÖÄP.

12. (a) If V is finite dimensional and v  0  V ,

then prove that there is an element f  vˆ
such that F (V )  0 .
V Gߣx •iÄÖ £›©õn•ÒÍ
öÁUhºöÁÎ ©ØÖ® v  0 V GÛÀ
F (V )  0 GÝ©õÖ J¸ f  vˆ E¸ÁõS® GÚ
{ÖÄP.
Or
(b) Prove that (W  )   W .

(W  )   W GÚ {ÖÄP.
13. (a) If V is finite-dimensional over F , then
prove that T  A (V ) is invertible iff the
constant term of the minimal polynomial for
T is not 0.
F &ß «uõÚ •iÄÖ £›©õn öÁUhºöÁÎ V
GÛÀ T  A (V ) Gߣx ÷|º©õØÓ»õÁuØS
÷uøÁ¯õÚ ©ØÖ® ÷£õx©õÚ {£¢uøÚ T &ß
«a]Ö £À¾Ö¨¦U ÷PõøÁ°ß ©õÔ¼ 0 AÀ»
GÚ {ÖÄP.
Or
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 (b) If   F is a characteristic root of T  A (v ) ,
then prove that for any polynomial
q ( x )  F [ x ] , q (  ) is a characteristics root of
q (T ) .
  F Gߣx T  A (v) &ß ]Ó¨¤¯À¦ ‰»®
GÛÀ G¢u J¸ £À¾Ö¨¦U ÷PõøÁ
q ( x )  F [ x ] &US® q (  ) Gߣx q (T ) &ß
]Ó¨¤¯À¦ ‰»©õP C¸US® GÚ {ÖÄP.

14. (a) Find the linear transformation for the matrix

 1 2 1
 
 0 1 1  using standard basis.
1 3 4
 
 1 2 1
 
 0 1 1 GßÓ AoUS vmh
1 3 4
 
AiUPnzøu¨ £¯ß£kzv J¸£i
E¸©õØÓzøuU PõsP.
Or
(b) If T  A (v ) has all its characteristics roots
in F , then prove that T satisfies a
polynomial of degree n over F .
T  A (v ) &ß AøÚzx ]Ó¨¤¯À¦ ‰»[PЮ
F &À C¸¢uõÀ T &BÚx n £iöPõsh
£À¾Ö¨¦U ÷PõøÁø¯ §ºzv ö\´²® GÚ
{ÖÄP.

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15. (a) If T  A(v ) then prove that tr (T ) is the sum
of the characteristics roots of T .
T  A(v )
GÛÀ tr (T ) Gߣx T &ß
]Ó¨¤¯À¦ ‰»[PÎß Tku»õP C¸US® GÚ
{ÖÄP.
Or
(b) If two rows of a matrix A are equal, then
prove that det A  0 .
A GßÓ Ao°ß Cμsk {μÀPÒ \©® GÛÀ
det A  0 GÚ {ÖÄP.

SECTION C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks)

Answer any THREE questions.

16. If V be a vector space over a field F and W be a

subspace of V , then show that V / W is a vector
space. w.r.t the suitable operations.
¦»® F &ß «uõÚ öÁUhºöÁÎ V ©ØÖ® W
Gߣx V &ß EÒöÁÎ GÛÀ ö£õ¸zu©õÚ
ö\¯ÀPøͨ ö£õ¸zx V / W Gߣx öÁUhºöÁÎ
GÚU PõmkP.

17. Let V be a finite-dimensional inner product space

then prove that V has an orthonormal set as a
basis.
V Gߣx •iÄÖ £›©õn•øh¯ EÒ ö£¸UPÀ
öÁÎ GÛÀ V BÚx A»S ö\[Szx Pnzøu
AiPn©õPU öPõsi¸US® GÚ {ÖÄP.

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18. If V is finite dimensional vector space over F ,
then prove that T  A (V ) is regular iff T maps
V onto V.
F &ß «uõÚ •iÄÖ £›©õn•øh¯ öÁUhºöÁÎ
GÛÀ T  A (V ) Gߣx ^μõÚuõP C¸UP
÷uøÁ¯õÚ ©ØÖ® ÷£õx©õÚ {£¢uøÚ T BÚx
V &ß «uõÚ •ÊU ÷PõºzuÀ GÚ {ÖÄP.

19. If T  A (V ) has all it’s characteristic roots in F ,

then prove that there is a basis of V in which the
matrix of T is triangular.
T  A (V )Auß AøÚzx ]Ó¨¤¯À¦
‰»[PøͲ® F &À öPõsi¸¢uõÀ T&ß Aoø¯
•U÷Põn©õPU öPõsh J¸ AiPn® V &US
C¸US® GÚ {ÖÄP.

20. If A , B  Fn and   F , then prove that

det ( AB )  det ( A )  det ( B ) .
A , B  Fn ©ØÖ® F GÛÀ
det ( AB )  det ( A )  det ( B ) GÚ {ÖÄP.

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