BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

HYDERABAD CAMPUS
SECOND SEMESTER 2023 - 2024
Assignment - I (Open Book)

Course number: MATH F112 Course title: Mathematics - II

Date and time of submission: 27.02.2024, 2:00 - 2:30 pm Max marks: 30
Place - Tutorial classes in your registered tutorial sections

Please read the following instructions before submitting the assignment.

• This assignment consists of 5 questions. Answer all the questions neatly on A4 size sheets
with page number written on the top of the page. Start answering every question on a new
page.
• Assignments should be submitted in your registered tutorial classes by producing the
ID card on 27th February 2024 (Tuesday) from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm. Late submissions
will not be accepted.

• The first page of the assignment should contain the following information.
Name:
ID No.:
Lecture Section:
Tutorial Section:
Course Name: Mathematics – II
Course Code: MATH F112

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Assignment Questions:

(1) For what values of λ and µ the system of linear equations

x+y+z =6
x + 2y + 3z = 10
x + 2y + λz = µ

has (i) no solution, (ii) a unique solution and (iii) more than one solution.
 
1 −2 2
(2) (i) Consider the matrix A = −5 10 −9. Can you choose the parameter β so that
 

−3 6 β
the reduced row echelon form of A is I3 ?
(ii) Let A(̸= 0) be a 3 × 3 diagonal matrix. For any x(̸= 0) ∈ R3 , is it true that xT Ax is
a matrix
 of rank 1?Justify your answer.
1 0 0 0
 
 5 2 0 0
(3) Let A =    . Determine the eigenvalues and the eigenspace associated with
 6 3 3 0

−1 2 1 1
each eigenvalue of the matrix A.
(4) Let P4 be the vector space consisting of all polynomials of degree ≤ 4 with real coefficients
and W = {P ∈ P4 | P (1) + P (−1) = 0 and P (2) + P (−2) = 0} be a subspace of P4 . Find a
basis and the dimension of W .
(5) Let P3 be the vector space consisting of all polynomials of degree ≤ 3 with real coefficients.
Find a basis for P3 which contains the linearly independent vectors 1 − 2x2 + 3x3 , 1 − 2x +
3x2 − x3 and 1 − 8x + 4x2 .
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