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B.E./B.TECH. DEGREE MODEL EXAMINATIONS

Third Semester
Electronics and Communication Engineering
MA8352- LINEAR ALGEBRA AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
(Regulation-2017)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
Answer ALL questions
PART A—(10 X 2 = 20 marks)
1. Let S= { ( 1 ,2 ) ,(2 , 1) } ;V=R2. Prove that it is linear span.

2. If V = A ⊕ B then show that dimV =dimA +dimB .

3. Define Kernel of T .
2 3
4. Show that T : R → R by T(x, y) = (x+2y, 2x-y, x+5y) is linear.
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5. Let V= R and S= { (1,0) , (0,1)}. Check whether S is orthonormal basis or not.
6. Verify the Cauchy- Schwarz inequality for x=( 1 ,−1 , 3 ) and y= ( 2, 0 ,−1 ) .
Solve ( D+ D −1 ) ( D−2 D +3 ) z=0
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7.

8. Classify the partial differential equation 4 uxx −ut =0.

9. State Dirichlet condition.

10. Find a Fourier sine series for the function f ( x )=1 in 0< x < π .

PART-B (5×16=80)
11. (a) (i) Let W be subspace of a finite dimensional vector space V. Then W is finite
dimensional and dim(W)≤ dim(V). Moreover if dim (W) = dim(V) the V = W.
(ii) State and prove direct sum theorem. (8+8)
(OR)
(b) (i) S={v 1 , v 2 , … … v n } is a linearly dependent set of vectors in V iff there exist a
vector v k in S such that v k is a linear combination of preceeding vectors
v 1 , v 2 , … … v k−1
(ii) Verify that the set V of all ordered triples of real numbers of the form (x,y,0)
and defined the operations + and ⦁ by (i) (x,y,0) + (x’, y’, 0) = (x + x’, y + y’, 0)
(ii) c. (x,y,0) = (cx,cy,0) is a vector space or not. (8+8)
12. (a) (i) Let V and W be the vector spaces and T: V → W be linear. Then prove that
N(T) and R(T) are subspaces of V and W respectively.
(ii) Let T : R 2 → R 3 defined by T(x,y) = ( x+y , 0, 2x-y).Find Nullity(T) and
Rank(T).Is T is one-to-one?.Is T onto? (8+8)
(OR)
(b) (i) Let T : P 2 (R) → P 2 (R) be defined as T ( f ( x ) )=f ( x ) + ( x +1 ) f ' (x) .Find the eigen
values and eigen vectors of T with respect to standard basis of P2 (R).
(ii) Let V and W be the vector spaces and T: V→ W be linear.If B = {v1, v2, ….. vn }
 is a basis for V, then R(T) = span (T(B)) = span ({T(v1), T(v2),…. T(vn),}). (8+8)

(a) Apply the Gram Schmidt orthonormalization process to the basis B= {1 , x , x } in P2 ,

2
13.
1

using the inner product ¿ p , q≥∫ p ( x ) q ( x ) dx . (16)

−1

(OR)

(b) (i) Let V be an inner product space over F then for all x , y ∈V ∧c ∈ F , the

following statements are true

(a) || cx ||=|c| ||x||

(b) ||x|| = 0 iff x =0.
(c) |¿ x , y >¿ ≤∨||x||∨¿ y∨¿
(d) ||x + y|| ≤||x||+¿∨ y∨¿

(ii) Let V be a finite dimensional inner product space, and let T be a linear operator on
¿
V. Then there exists a unique function. T ¿: V→ V such that ¿ T ( x ) , y> ¿< x ,T ( y)>¿ for
all x , y ∈V and T ¿ is linear. (8+8)
14. (a) (i)Solve
( y−xz ) p+( yz−x )q=( x + y )( x− y ).
3 2 ' ¿ ¿ 2x+ y
(ii)Solve ( D +D D −D D −D ) z=e +cos ( x+ y ). (8+8)
(OR)
(b) (i) Find the singular integral of the partial differential equation z= px +qy + p2 −q 2 .
∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z
+
2 ∂ x∂ y
−6 2
= y cos x .
(ii) Solve ∂ x ∂ y (8+8)
15. (a) (i) Find the half range sine series for f ( x )=x ( π−x ) in the interval (0 , π ).

(ii) Obtain the Fourier series for

f (x)=¿ {x ;(0, π)¿¿¿¿. (8+8)
(OR)
(b) If a string of length l is initially at rest in its equilibrium position and each of its points

is given the velocity ( ∂∂ yt )

t =0
=v 0 sin
3
( πxl ) ,0< x< l.Determinethe displacement y (x , t) at
any time t . (16)