MATHEMATICS-II

Second Semester 2023-2024

Tutorial Sheet-3
Topics: Chapter 4.6 to 4.10

1. Suppose the vector space V = P2 : the set of all polynomials of degree less than or
equal to 2. Find the transition matrix PB→C , where the B and C are two basis for V
given by B = {−4 + x − 6x2 , 6 + 2x2 , −6 − 2x + 4x2 } and C = {1 − x + 3x2 , 2, 3 + x2 }.

2. Suppose
 
1 0 0
P = 0 3 2 
0 1 1
is the transition matrix from a basis B to the basis {(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0)} for R3 .
Find the basis vectors of B.

3. Find a basis for the null space of A, where

 
1 −3 2 2 1
0 −3 
 
1 4 5 2  0
 3 6 
(a) A = 2 1 3 0 (b) A =  2 −3 −2 4 4 
   
−1 3  3 −6 0
 
2 2 6 5 
−2 9 2 −4 −5

2 −4 0
 
0
4. Find a basis for the row space of A =  0 5 15 10  consisting entirely of row
2 −5 −3 −2
vectors from A.

5. Suppose taht B and C are ordered bases for a nontrivial n-dimensional vector space V
and let P be an n × n matrix. Then prove that P is the transition matrix from B to C
if and only if for every v belongs to V, P [v]B = [v]C .

6. Find the rank and nullity of the matrix A given below, then verify the ”Dimension
Theorem for matrices”.
 
1 4 5 6 9
2 −1 3
   
1 3 1 4
3 −2 1 4 −1 
 
(a) A = 4 −2 1 (b) A = 2 4 2 0 (c) A = 
    
−1 0 −1 −2 −1 

−1 −3 0 5

2 1 0
2 3 5 7 8
7. Suppose that A and B are n Ö n matrices and A is invertible. Invent and prove a
theorem that describes how the row spaces of AB and B are related.
1 −1 t
 

8. Disucss how the rank of A varies with t, where A =  1 t −1 

t2 1 −1

1
 9. Are there values of r and s for which the matrix
 
1 0 0
 0 r−2 2
 

 0 s−1 r+2
 

0 0 3

has rank 1? Has rank 2? If so, find those values.

10. Use matrix multiplication to find the following:

(a) dilation of (−1, 2) with factor k = 3. (b) contraction of (2, −1, 3) with factor
k = 1/4. (c) the image of the vector (3, −4) when it is rotated about the origin
through an angle θ = π/4. (d) the image of the vector (2, −1, 2) if it is rotated π/4
counterclockwise about the positive y-axis.