MATH 2230 Practice Prelim

Problem 1 2.6.7 from Hubbard.

Problem 2 Find all solutions of the system:

2x − 3y + z + u = 3
x + y + z + u = 10
x − y + z − u = −2
x + 2y − z − u = −2
3x − 2y + 2z − u = 1

Problem 3 Write down all 3 × 3 matrices that are in row-reduced form.

Problem 4 Let T be the set of all linear transformation T : Rn → Rn satisfying

[T ]m = 0 for some m (note m may depend on T ).
a. Prove or disprove: T is a vector space.
b. Prove: if T ∈ T , then I + [T ] is invertible.
c. Disprove: S, T ∈ T impiles ST ∈ T .
 
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Problem 5 Let A = , and let f : M at(2, 2) → M at(2, 2) be the map defined
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t
by f (B) = ABA . Recall that M at(2, 2) is the space of 2 × 2 matrices and may be
identified with R4 by
 
  a
a b  b 
B=  c .
corresponds to ~uB =  
c d
d

Then we could also consider f as a mapping from R4 to R4 . To be precise, this is the

~
mapping T : R4 → R4 defined by T (~uB ) = f (B).
a. Show that T is a linear transformation.
b. What is the 4 × 4 matrix corresponding to T ?
c. Let the inverse map of f be denoted f −1 . Given a 2 × 2 matrix C, what is f −1 (C)?
What is the 4 × 4 matrix corresponding to T −1 ?

Problem 6 Give two bases {~v1 , ~v2 , ~v3 } and {~u1 , ~u2 , ~u3 } of R3 such that if in {~v1 , ~v2 , ~v3 }
for any one i ∈ {1, 2, 3} we replace ~vi by ~ui , the new set is not a basis.