ARASU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KUMBAKONAM-612 501

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT TEST-I
PART – A

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)
11. Verify whether the vectors 1,1,0 , 1,0,1 and  0,1,1 generates R3 or not.
(CO1,LOT/K3)
12. For k  1, 2,3,..., n , let Pk  x   x  x  ...  x . Then prove that the set
k k 1 n

P0  x  , P1  x  ,..., Pn  x  is linearly independent. (CO1,LOT/K3)

13. Let V be a vector space and   u1, u2 ,..., un  be a subset of V .Then

prove that  is a basis for V  each v V can be uniquely

expressed as a linear combination of vectors of β.(CO1, LOT/K3)

14. Determine whether the vectors v1= (1, −2,3), 𝑣2 = (5,6, −1),
𝑣3 = (3,2,1) form a linearly dependent or linearly independent set
in 𝑅3. (CO1, LOT/K4)
15. Define Vector Space. (CO1,LOT/K1)
 PART – B
1.Show that F   a1 , a2 ,..., an  ai  F  is a vector space over F
n

with respect to vector addition and scalar multiplication are

defined as x  y   a1  b1 ,..., an  bn  and cx   ca1 ,..., can  .
(CO1/HOT/K3)
2. Prove that any intersection of subspaces of a vector space V is a
subspace of V . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
3. 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
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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 
7. 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
8. 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)
9. State and prove Replacement theorem. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
10 .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)
11. Show that the vectors  2, 3,1 ,  0,1, 2  , 1,1, 2  form a
basis for V3  R  . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)
12. In any vector space V , prove that the following statements are
true. (i) 0x  0 for each x V (ii)  a  x    ax   a   x  for each aF

and each x V (iii) a0  0 for each aF . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)

13. Let V be a vector space and W is a subspace of V .Then prove that

W is a subspace of V if and only if the following three conditions
hold for the operations defined in V .
(i) 0 W (ii) x  y  W whenever x W and y  W

(iii) cx W whenever c  F and x W (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)

14.Let V be a vector space having a finite basis. Then prove that
every basis for V contains the same number of vectors.

(CO/HOT/K3) (8)
15.Prove that every linearly independent subset of a finitely generated
vector space V  F  is either a basis of V or can be extended to form

a basis of V. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)

1 3 2   3 7 4   2 3 11  
16.Verify whether the set S   , ,  is
 4 0 5   6  2  7   1 3 2  

linearly dependent or not. (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)

17. Verify that 3x3  2 x 2  7 x  8 is a linear combination of x3  2 x 2  5 x  3

and 3x3  5 x 2  4 x  9 . (CO1/HOT/K3) (8)