Final Assessment Test

Course: MAT3004 - Applied Linear Algebra

(6 X 10 = 60 Marks)
Answer any SIX Questions

1. a) Determine the condition on so that the following system has no solution, exactly by one solution,
infinitely many solutions: x + 2 y − 3z = 4, 3 x − y + 5z = 2, 4 x + y + (a 2 − 4) z = a + 2.

b) Solve the system of linear equations + + = 1, 4 +3 − = 6, 3 +5 +3 =4 ]

by using an factorization of .
2. a) Let V be a vector space and let x, y be vectors in V. Then prove the following. ]
(i) + = implies = 0 (ii) 0 = 0 (iii) 0 = 0 for any ∈ , (iv) – is unique and – = (−1)
(v) if = 0, then = 0 or = 0.
b) Let Pn( R ) be the set of polynomials of degree ≤ n with real coefficients. Prove that Pn( R ) is a vector []
space with usual addition and multiplication by a scalar of polynomials.

⎛0 1 −1 −2 5 ⎞
⎜1 1 −1 3 1 ⎟⎟
3. a) If A = ⎜ , then find the bases for row space, column space and the null
⎜2 1 −1 8 3 ⎟ []
⎜ ⎟
⎝3 5 −5 5 10 ⎠
space of A.

b) Find a polynomial ( )= + + + that satisfies (0) = 3, (1) = 0, (−1) = 2, []

(3) = 6.
4. a) Two vector spaces V and W are isomorphic if and only if dimV = dimW. []
b) Let : R3 → R3 be the linear transformation defined by ( , , ) = (2 − 3 + 4 , 5 − + 2 , []
4 + 7 ), let α be the standard basis and let = { , , } be another ordered basis of R3. Find

[T ]α .
β
the associated matrix of with respect to , associated matrix of with respect to and

5. a) Verify whether the following functions on are inner products or not? []

(i) < , >=
(ii) < , >= + for =( , ), =( , ).
b) Find an orthonormal basis for the subspace of the Euclidean space R3 given by + 2 − = 0. []
6. a) Find a point on the plane − − = 0 that is closest to = (1, 2, 0). []

⎡1 0 2⎤ ⎡ 3 ⎤
b) Find all the least squares solutions of = , where =⎢ 0 2 ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
2 and = − 3 .
⎢ ⎥ []
⎢ ⎥
⎢−1 1 −1⎥ ⎢ 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
⎣ −1 2 0⎦ ⎣−3⎦
Also find the orthogonal projection bc of onto the column space ( ).
7. a) Decode the cipher text “16,5,14,7,21,9,14,19,27,1,18,5,27,15,15,14,5,27,20,15,27,15,14,5,27” using []
−3 −3 −4
A→1, B→2, ….Z→26, the space is 27 and = 0 1 1 .
4 3 4
b) Explain briefly translation, rotation, reflection, scaling transformation and shear transformation on []
.
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