Assignment 7

1. Which of the following maps are linear?

(a) T : C → C given by T (z) = iz.

(b) T : C → C given by T (z) = z.
(c) T : R → R given by T (x) = x2 .
(d) T : R2 → R3 given by T (x, y) = (x, y, xy).
(e) T : R2 → R2 given by T (x, y) = (2x + 3y, 4x + 5y).
(f) T : R2 → R2 given by T (x, y) = (1 + x, y).
(g) T : R2 → R2 given by T (x, y) = (sinx, y).
(h) T : R2 → R2 given by T (x, y) = (x − y, 0).

2. Let V be the space of all n×n matrices over R, and let B be a fixed n×n
matrix. If T (A) = AB − BA verify that T is a linear transformation
from V to V .

3. Define two functions S, T : R2 → R2 by T (x, y) = (2x + y, 0) and

S(x, y) = (x + y, xy). Determine whether S, T , and the composition
S ◦ T are linear transformations.

4. Let T be a linear operator on R3 defined by

T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (3x1 + x3 , −2x1 + x2 , −x1 + 2x2 + 4x3 ).

Find the matrix of T ?

5. Let T be a linear map from R3 to R4 defined by

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T (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (6x1 + 2x3 , −2x1 + 9x2 , −x1 + x2 + 4x3 , x1 ).
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Find the matrix of T ?