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8. SUBSPACE, BASIS AND DIMENSION

Problem 1: Which is a base of R3 ? Find the coordinates of vector u = (7, 14, 3) in the
found base.

a. {u1 = (2, 1, 3); u2 = ( 1, 1, 0)}

b. {u1 = (2, 1, 3); u2 = ( 1, 1, 0); u3 = (1, 3, 1)}

c. {u1 = (2, 1, 3); u2 = ( 1, 1, 0); u3 = (1, 1, 1); u4 = (0, 0, 4)}

d. {u1 = (2, 3, 1); u2 = (4, 1, 1); u3 = (0, 7, 1)}

e. {u1 = (1, 6, 4); u2 = (2, 4, 1); u3 = ( 1, 2, 5)}

Problem 2: In R3 , given bases B = {u1 , u2 , u3 }, B 0 = {u01 , u02 , u03 } and vector u, find the
base tranfer matrix from B to B 0 and the coordinates of u in each base.

a. u1 = (1, 1, 1); u2 = (1, 1, 0); u3 = ( 2, 0, 0);

u01 = (1, 1, 0); u02 = (2, 1, 0); u03 = (1, 1, 1); u = (3, 4, 5)

b. u1 = (3, 2, 1); u2 = (1, 2, 1); u3 = (2, 2, 3);

u01 = (1, 1, 0); u02 = (1, 0, 1); u03 = (1, 1, 1); u = (1, 3, 7)

Problem 3: In R3 , let

B(m) = {u1 = (m 7, 10, 12); u2 = (12, m + 19, 24); u3 = ( 6, 10, m 13)}.

Find m such that B(m) is the base of R3 . In this case, compute the coordinates of u =
(m, 2m, 0) in the base B(m).
Problem 4: In R3 , let

(B) = {u1 = (2, 1, 3); u2 = ( 1, 1, 0); u3 = (1, 1, 1)},

(B 0 ) = {u01 = (2, 1, 1); u02 = (2, 1, 1); u03 = (1, 2, 1)}.

a. Show that (B) and (B 0 ) are the bases of R3 .

b. Given [u](B) = (3, 5, 7). Find the coordinates of u in the base (B 0 ) and the canonical
basis.

Problem 5: Which is the subspace of the corresponding space?

a. L = {x = (x1 , x2 , x3 ) 2 R3 |x1 2x2 + x3 = 0}

b. L = {x = (x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) 2 R4 |x1 = x3 , x2 = x4 }

c. L = {x = (x1 , x2 , . . . , xn ) 2 Rn |x1 = x22 }

d. L = {x = (x1 , x2 , x3 ) 2 R3 |x21 + x22 = 0}

e. L = {x = (x1 , x2 , x3 ) 2 R3 |x1 2 Q}

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