PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Mathematical Methods for Computer Vision, Robotics and Graphics

Submit question numbers 4,8,12 and 14 as DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT 3
In the first 3 questions check the existence of solution of the system and
provide a description of all solutions when infinite number of solutions exist.

1. x + 3y − 5z = 6; 3x − y − 2z = 14; 4x − 7y + 3z = 13

2. 5x − z = 18; 2x + y − 3z = 10; 4x − 3y + 7z = 7
3.

2x1 − x2 + x3 + x4 − 3x5 = 0

8x1 + 7x3 = 0
5x1 − x2 + 2x3 − x4 + 4x5 = 0
x1 + 2x2 + 4x3 − x5 = 0

4. Same as question 3, but non-homogeneous with rhs modified to −3, 52, 43, 32
respectively.

5. In the previous questions in those cases with infinitely many solutions

find a solution where the first variable has value 8.

6. Check if the following linear trnaformation is invertible or not:

T (x, y, z) = (x − 7y + 3z, 4x + y + z, 3x + 3y − 2z)

7. Show that the column space of the following matrix has dimension 2
and show a vector not belonging to the column space:
 
1 2 1
C= 2 5 1 


4 11 1

8. A 4 ×4 matrix
 M is made up of four matrices each of shape 2 × 2 :
M = ZA B Z
where A is a rotation matrix for angle 30◦ and B is the
reflection matrix for the line making angle 30◦ with x-axis, and Z is the
zero matrix of size 2 × 2. Find the angle between the vectors M u and

1
 M v where u = (1, 1, −1, −1) and v is the vector with digits extarcted
fromyour registration number. Find an orthonormal basis {v1 , v2 , v3 }
for R3 such that {v1 , v2 } lying in the plane x + 2y − 3z = 0.

9. Find an orthonormal basis for the plane x − y + 4z = 0.

10. Find the angle between the projections of the vectors (1,2,3) and (3, −1, 4)
after they are projected orthogonally to the the plane y = 5x − 2z.

11. A particle moves in the plane with its position at time t given by (t, t2 ).
How much distance the particle would have covered between t = 0, and
t = 2. What would be the curvature of its path at time t = 1 and at
time t = 3?

12. Find unit tangent vecctor to the space curve (4t2 , 2t, t3 ).

13. Using graphical method maximize x + y subject to the constraints x +

2y ≤ 10, 2x + y ≤ 16, y − x ≤ 3x, y > 0

14. Using simplex method maximize −x1 +2x2 +x3 subject to the following
conditions:

3x1 +x2 −4x3 ≤ 4, x1 −x2 −x3 ≤ 10, x1 −2x2 +6x3 ≤ 9, x1 x2 , x3 ≥ 0

15. Using Simplex method find the maximum for the function 9x1 + 14x2 +
7x3 subject to 2x1 + x2 + 3x3 ≤ 6; 5x1 + 4x2 + x3 ≤ 12; 2x2 ≤
5, x1 x2 , x3 ≥ 0