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ADVANCED ASSIGNMENT 2
SAGAR SURYA
Q.1 – Let A be an n x n matrix all of whose main diagonals are 0 and 1 elsewhere, i.e. aii = 0,1 ≤ i ≤
n and aij = 1, i ≠ j. If J is an n x n matrix all of whose entries are 1, then the value of A−1 is
1
(a) n J − I
1
(b) n−1 J − I
1
(c) n+1 J − I
1
(d) 2n J − I
Q.2 – Let A ∈ Mn (ℂ) be a matrix with real eigenvalues. If (tr A)2 > (n − 1)tr A2 then,
Q.3 – Let A be 3 x 3 real symmetric matrix. If 1,2,3 are the eigenvalues of A, and that α1 =
(−1, −1,1 )t and α2 = (1, −2, −1)t are eigenvectors of A belonging to the eigenvalues 1 and 2
respectively. If 3 is another eigenvalue of A, then a corresponding eigenvector to eigenvalue 3 is
(a) (1,0,-1)
(b) (1,0,1)
(c) (1,0,3)
(a) I,II
(b) I,III
(c)I,II,III
(d)None of these
Q.5 – Let A,B and C be n x n complex matrices of the same rank. If A2 B = A, then
(a) B2 A = A
(b) A = B
(c) BA = B
(d) B2 A = B
Q.6 - Let A and B be m square and n square matrices respectively. If A and B have no common
eigenvalue over the field of complex numbers, then the only possible solution of the equation AX =
XB is the zero solution, if
(a) X = 0
(c)X is singular
1
(b) If v is an eigenvector of A, v is also an eigenvector of adj(A)
(II) If A and B are diagonalizable, then there exists an invertible matrix T such that
T −1 AT and T −1 BT are both diagonalizable
Then,
(d)None of these
(a) T is linear
(b) 0 is an eigenvalue of T
(c) If Ak = 0, then T 2k = 0
(d) T(XY) = XT(Y) + T(X)Y
Q.10 – Let A be a linear transformation from a vector space V to a vector space W. Let Dim V = n. If
{α1 , … , αs , αs+1 , … , αn }
is a basis for V such that {α1 , … , αs } is a basis for Ker A , then which of the following is/are True ?
Q.12 – Let A be a linear transformation on a finite dimensional space V. Which of the following
is/are True?
(I)
(II)
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I, II both
(d) None of these
Q.14 - Let 𝒜 be a linear transformation on a vector space V, dim V = n. If 𝒜n−1 (x) ≠
0, but 𝒜n (x) = 0, for some x ∈ V, then which of the following is/are True ?
Q.15 – Let A and B be linear transformations on a finite dimensional vector space V. If AB = I, then
which of these is/are True ?
(d)None of these
Q.16 –
Q.17 – Let V and W be finite dimensional vector spaces. Let T be a linear transformation from V to
W. Which of the following statements is/are True?
(a) If the vectors α1 , α2 , … , αn in V are linearly independent, then 𝒜α1 , 𝒜α2 , … , 𝒜αn are linearly
independent
(b) If the vectors α1 , α2 , … , αn in V are linearly independent, then 𝒜α1 , 𝒜α2 , … , 𝒜αn are linearly
dependent
(c) If the vectors 𝒜α1 , 𝒜α2 , … , 𝒜αn in W are linearly independent, then
α1 , α2 , … , αn are linearly independent
(d) If the vectors 𝒜α1 , 𝒜α2 , … , 𝒜αn in W are linearly independent, then
α1 , α2 , … , αn are linearly dependent
1 3 2
(a) 2A − A−1 = (0 1 3)
0 0 1
1 −1 0
(b) A−1 = (0 1 −1)
0 0 1
1 2 3
(c) 2A − A−1 = (0 1 2)
0 0 1
1 −1 0
(d) A−1 = (0 1 1)
0 0 −1
Q.19 –
, then Im A is
Q.20 -
Let 𝒜 and ℬ be linear transformations on ℝ2 . It is known that the matrix representation of 𝒜 under the basis {α1 =
12
(1,2), α2 = (2,1)} is ( ) , and the matrix representation of ℬ under the basis {β1 = (1,1), β2 =
2 3
33
(1,2)} is ( ) . Let u = (3,3) ∈ ℝ2 . Then which of the following is/are True ?
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8 9
(a) The matrix of 𝒜 + ℬ under β1 , β2 is ( )
4 3
7 8
(b) The matrix of 𝒜ℬ under α1 , α2 is ( )
13 14
−1 0
(b) ( ) and (0 − 1 ) form a basis of Im (A)
1 0 0 1
10 0 1
(c) ( ) and ( ) form a basis of Ker(A)
1 0 0 1
Q.22 - Let the mappings A and B on the vector space ℝn be defined as,
(a) An = 0 and Bn = I
(b) An = I and Bn = 0
A(βi ) = αi , i = 1, … , m, then
(a) V = Span{β1 , … , βm } ⊕ Im A
(c) V = {β1 , … , βm } ⊕ Im A
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Q.30 – Let V be a finite dimensional vector space and A be a linear transformation on V. Then,
(b) There need not exist k such that V = Im Ak ⊕ Ker Ak for any A
(c) There must necessarily exist k such that V = Im Ak ⊕ Ker Ak iff A is invertible
(d) There must necessarily exist k such that V = Im Ak ⊕ Ker Ak iff A is singular