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ARASU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KUMBAKONAM-612 501

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST-I
Year/Sem/Branch : II/ III/ ECE Max. Marks : 100
Sub. Code & Name : MA8352 &Linear Algebra and Partial Duration : 3 hours
Differential Equations Date : 03.09.20
The IAT-1 is used to assess the course outcome CO1, Lower Order Thinking
(LOT) and Higher Order Thinking (HOT) of the course. K1 – Remembering
K2 – Understanding K3 – Applying
K4 – Analyzing K5 – Evaluating K6 – Creating
COURSE
COURSE OUTCOMES (COs)
CODE
C201.1 Explain the fundamental concepts of advanced algebra and their role in
modern mathematics and applied contexts.
PART – A (10X2=20)
Answer all the questions
1. If x, y and z are elements of a vector space V such that
x  z  y  z , then prove that x  y . (CO1/LOT/K2)
2. Define linearly dependent. (CO1/LOT/K1)
3. Prove that every vector space has a unique additive identity.
(CO1/LOT/K2)
4. Define Subspace. (CO1/LOT/K1)
5. Prove that every y V has a unique additive inverse.
(CO1/LOT/K2)
6. Define basis of a vector space. (CO1/LOT/K1)
7. Prove that any subset of a linearly dependent set is linearly
dependent set. (CO1/LOT/K2)
8. Define linear combination of a vector space. (CO1/LOT/K1)
9. Prove that the set
S  1,0,0, 1 ,  0,1,0, 1 ,  0,0,1, 1 ,  0,0,0, 1 is
linearly independent. (CO1/LOT/K2)
10. Prove that any subset of linearly independent set is
linearly independent. (CO1/LOT/K2)
PART – B (5x16=80)
Answer any five questions
11. Show that F   a1 , a2 ,..., an  ai  F  is a vector space
n

over F with respect to vector addition and scalar multiplication

are defined as x  y   a1  b1 ,..., an  bn  and
cx   ca1 ,..., can  . (CO1/HOT/K3)
12. (i) Prove that any intersection of subspaces of a vector space V
is a subspace of V . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
(ii) Let S be the linearly independent subset of a vector space V
and let v be a vector in V that is not in S then prove that
S  v is linearly dependent if and only if v  span  S  .
(CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
3 2
13. (i) Show that 2 x  2 x  12 x  6 is a linear combination of
x3  2 x 2  5 x  3 and 3 x3  5 x 2  4 x  9 in P3  R  .
(CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
(ii) Prove that the span of any subset S of a vector space V is a
subspace of V . Moreover, any subspace of V that contains
S must also contain the span of S. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
14. (i) If a vector space V is generated by a finite set S then prove
that some subset of S is a basis for V . Also, prove that V has
a finite basis. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
 1 1   1 1  1 0 
(ii) Verify whether the matrices   ,  , 
 1 0   0 1   1 1 
 0 1
and   generate M 22  R  (or )not.(CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
 1 1
15. (i) Consider the set
S  1,3, 4,2  ,  2,2, 4,0  , 1, 3,2, 4  ,  1,0,1,0 
4
in R . Show that S is linearly dependent and express one of
vectors in S as a linear combination of other vectors in S .
(CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
(ii) State and prove Replacement theorem. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
16. (i) Let W be a subspace of a finite dimensional vector space V .
Then prove that W is finite dimensional and
dimW  dim V  Moreover, if dim W   dim V 
.
then prove that V  W. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
(ii) Show that the vectors  2, 3,1 ,  0,1, 2  , 1,1, 2  form a
basis for V3  R  . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)