Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering, Shiraz University

Advanced Engineering Mathematics (I) Code: 100445081
By: Mehdi Veiskarami (Graduate Students)

“Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire.”

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Mathematician, Indeed, one of the greatest ever!

Assignment #3 – Matrix Representation of Linear Transformations and Linear Algebraic Systems

1. For each of the linear transformations given below, find the matrix representation of the transform with respect to
the given bases; establish a basis wherever necessary.

(i) 𝑇: ℝ3 → ℝ3 , 𝑇(𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ) = (𝑥1 + 𝑥3 , 𝑥1 − 𝑥3 , 𝑥3 ). Take 𝐵 = {(1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1)}

(ii) 𝑇: 𝑉 → 𝑊, 𝑇(sin 𝑥 , cos 𝑥) = (sin 𝑥 + cos 𝑥 , sin 𝑥 − cos 𝑥). Find bases for 𝑉 and 𝑊

2. Assume that 𝑇 is defined from 𝐹 𝑛 → 𝐹 𝑛 and its matrix representation with respect to some basis in 𝐹 𝑛 is 𝑨. If 𝑊
is a subspace of 𝐹 𝑛 , is the transformation 𝑇: 𝐹 𝑛 → 𝑊 defined? If so, find its matrix representation with respect to
bases of 𝐹 𝑛 and 𝑊. (Assume that 𝐹 𝑛 is spanned by 𝐵𝐹 and 𝑊 is spanned by 𝐵𝑊 )

3. Suppose that 𝑇 is a linear operator defined on 𝑉 (where 𝑉 = 𝐹 𝑛 ) with the matrix representation with respect to some
basis in 𝐹 𝑛 is 𝑨. If 𝑊 is a subspace of 𝐹 𝑛 , spanned by column vectors of 𝑨 find the relationship between 𝑇 and 𝑊.

4. Let 𝑉 be a 2-dimensional vector space over some field 𝐹 with an ordered basis 𝐵. Also assume that 𝑇 is a linear
operator defined on 𝑉 with its matrix representation as 𝑨 = (𝑎𝑖𝑗 ).
(i) Represent 𝑇 (with respect to its components denoted in 𝑨) with respect to some arbitrary basis.
(ii) Prove that the trace of 𝑨 i.e. 𝑎11 + 𝑎22 remains invariant with respect to any basis.

5. Find the kernel of a transformation 𝑇 with matrix representation defined as follows:

2 −4 −1 3 4
𝑨 = (2 2 2 1 6)
4 −2 1 4 10
Then find the range of 𝑇 and a basis for it.

6. A linear algebraic system is shown below which maps a vector 𝒙 into a vector 𝒚 by the rule 𝑇𝒙 = 𝒚:
2𝑥 + 𝑥2 = 7
{ 1
2𝑥1 − 𝑥2 = 5
First, represent this system as a matrix equation and solve the equation.
Second, find the range of 𝑇 with respect to a standard basis in its domain.
Third, use the basis spanning of the range of 𝑇 and represent the system with respect to the new basis (i.e. find the
matrix representation of 𝑇 with respect to this new basis) and then solve the equation.

 No due date, a quiz will be held in one week.

Good Luck
Mehdi Veiskarami