Department of Mathematics Practice Set Unit 2

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES, DEHRADUN

Program B.Tech (All SoCSBranches) Semester III
Course Discrete Mathematical Structures Course Code CSEG2006

1. Let be the set of all polynomials in one indeterminate with real coefficients. Show that is a
vector space, if in the addition of polynomials is taken as the internal composition and the
multiplication of polynomials by a constant polynomial as scalar multiplication.
2. Let be the set of all matrices with real entries and is the field of real numbers. “Addition of
matrices” is the internal composition and “multiplication of a matrix by a real number” an external
composition in . Show that is a vector space.
3. Let be the set of all matrices and be the field. If is the subset of symmetric matrices in
, show that is a subspace of .
4. Let and be the set of triads such that . Show that
is a subspace of .
5. Show that the set of the elements of the vector space of the form where
is a subspace of .
6. Which of the following are subspaces of

i. ii.

iii. iv.

7. Let be a vector space of matrices over a field . Show that is not a subspace of where
i. ii.

8. Show that the subset of generates the entire vector space of .

9. Let then find which of the following vectors are in

i. ii. iii.

iv. v. vi.

10. If are linearly independent vectors of show that are also linearly
independent.
11. Determine whether the following sets of vectors are L.D. or L.I.
i. in .
ii. in .
12. The set where and is a spanning set of
but not a basis of set.
13. Show that the set forms a basis of .
14. Is the mapping defined by a linear transformation?
15. Describe explicitly the linear transformation such that and .
16. Which of the following maps are linear transformations
i. defined by
ii. defined by
iii. defined by
iv. defined by
v. defined by
17. Find a linear transformation where
i. such that and
ii. such that and
iii. such that and
18. Find the null space, range, rank and nullity of the transformation defined by
.
19. Let be a linear transformation defined by
. Then verify that
.
20. Describe explicitly the linear transformation whose range space is spanned by
.
21. Let be a linear transformation defined by . Find a basis, dimension
of each of the range and null space of T.
22. Let be the linear mapping defined by . Find the
rank, nullity and find a basis for each of the range and null space of T.

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23. A linear mapping is defined by . Show that
is non-singular.
24. If is invertible operator defined by . Find .
25. The set is the standard basis of . is a linear operator defined by
. Show that is non-singular and find its inverse.
26. Show that each of the following linear operators on is invertible and find
i. ii.

iii. iv.

27. Let be the linear transformation defined by

. Find the matrix of relative to the bases
, .
28. Let be the linear transformation defined by
. Find the matrix of relative to the bases
, .
29. If defined by then verify linear transformation exists
and find general formula.
1 1
30. For the matrix   , determine the corresponding linear transformation with respect to the standard
1 1
bases.
1 2 
31. For the matrix 1 1  , determine the corresponding linear transformation with respect to the standard
 
1 0 

bases.

1 1 
32. For the matrix  2 3  , determine the corresponding linear transformation with respect to the ordered
 
 3 4 

bases A={(1,2), (3,4)} and B={(-1,1,1), (1,-1,1), (1,1,-1)}.