11th January 2022

FINAL EXAM OF ALGEBRA

SHORT QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS SHORT QUESTIONS:

1. Write your name and surnames in the box below now using CAPITALS.

2. This part lasts for 45 minutes.

3. Read the questions carefully and choose the most appropriate answer.

4. Do not make any extra assumptions.

5. Write the chosen answer in the box at the bottom of this page. Only these will be
marked. Don’t give reasons to justify your answer.

6. Each correct answer is worth 0.3 marks. Incorrect answers are penalised. Each one
deducts 0.1 marks. Empty answers are worth 0 points. If you are not sure about the
answer, you may well leave the question unanswered.

7. This part of the exam does not deduct points from the other parts of the exam.

8. You will be asked to hand in your exam at once if it comes into other student’s sight.

9. There are different models of the exam. For your own interest, do not copy.

SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

FIRST NAME: GROUP:

SURNAMES:
1.- Which of the following complex numbers verifies the equality (1 + 2i) z̄ = −1 + 3i ?

A) z = 1 + i B) z = 1 − i C) z = −1 + i D) z = −1 − i

2.- How many purely imaginary roots does the equation z 128 = 1 have?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 128

3.- Consider an (m × n) matrix A. If the system Ax = b is consistent ∀ b ∈ Km ,

A) m ≥ n C) m ≤ n
B) m = n D) None of the above

4.- If a transformation T : Kn → Km is linear, then

A) T (x + 2y) = T (x) + 2 T (y) C) A) and B) are true
B) T (x + 2y) = T (x) + T (2y) D) None of the above

5.- If an (n × n) matrix A is invertible, how many of these statements are true?

A∼I |A| = 1 dim Row A = n Nul A = Kn
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
 
0 0
6.- How many of these vectors are eigenvectors of the matrix A = ?
0 0
       
0 1 0 1
0 0 1 1

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) A doesn’t have eigenvectors

7.- If λ = 3 is an eigenvalue of the (3 × 3) matrix A , then,

A) A is invertible C) A) and B) are correct
B) λ = 3 is an eigenvalue of AT D) None of the above
 
1 0 0
8.- Let A be an (m × 3) matrix such that A∗ A =  0 1 0  Then,
0 0 0
A) m = 3 C) m ≤ 3
B) m ≥ 3 D) None of the above

9.- A unitary matrix M verifies

A) M M ∗ = I C) A) and B) are correct

B) M ∗ M = I D) None of the above

10.- If a matrix commutes with its conjugate transposed,

A) It is normal C) A) and B) are correct
B) It is diagonalizable D) None of the above
 11th January 2022

FINAL EXAM OF ALGEBRA

PROBLEMS

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write your name and surnames in every sheet, including those for your own use.
2. You are not allowed to use notes, books, calculators or electronic devices.
3. Use a pen. Any part written in pencil will not be marked.
4. A correct problem must contain the method/deduction used to obtain the solution.
5. You will be asked to hand in your exam at once if you attempt/allow to copy.
6. Each problem is worth 1 mark.
7. There is no need to answer different problems in different sheets.

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1.- Find all the solutions of the complex equation 4 2z 3 = (1 + i) z̄ (0.75 marks)

and plot them approximately in the complex plane (0.25 marks)

2.- Discuss the number of solutions of the following system in terms of the parameters a and b

x − az = 1 
x + a2 y − 3z = 1
−x + y − z =b


3.- Consider the following bases of C3

           
 1 1 1   1+i i 1+i 
B =  0 , 1 , 0  and C =  i , i , i 
1 0 −1 1 0 −1
   

Find the change-of-basis matrices P and P (0.5 marks each)

B←C C←B

Note: Unfinished expressions, like 1/i , won’t be given any marks.

4.- Consider the (n × n) matrix A defined as

(−1) i+1

if i+j =n+1
(A)ij =
0 otherwise

a) Write the matrix A making use of dots (· · · ) (0.25 marks)

b) Compute the determinant of A in terms of n (0.75 marks)

5.- Consider the following block matrix equation, where A is a (3 × 5) matrix

    
X I I B A I
=
I Y A I I 2B

a) Determine the dimensions of the matrices B, X and Y (0.25 marks)

b) Write the equations that X and Y must verify so that the above equation is verified (0.25 marks)
c) Find X and Y , writing the conditions that A and B must satisfy so that the solution exists (0.5 marks)

6.- Consider the following linear subspace W

  
x1
x2 + x4 = 0 

 
x2 
  
4
W =   x3  ∈ R such that x1 − x2 + x3 = 0
x1 + x3 + x4 = 0 

 
x4
 

a) Determine a basis for W (0.25 marks)

b) Determine an orthogonal basis for W ⊥ , the orthogonal complement of W (0.25 marks)
c) Find the orthogonal projection matrices PW and PW ⊥ (0.25 marks each)

7.- Consider the following matrix:

 
−1 2 2
A =  2 −1 2 
2 2 −1

a) Find the eigenvalues of A (0.25 marks)

b) Find the eigenspaces of A associated to each eigenvalue (0.5 marks)
c) Diagonalize orthogonally the matrix A 3 (0.25 marks)