EE Department, National Cheng Kung University

Linear Algebra
HW#2, 2020

1. Please write the solution set of the homogeneous system below in parametric vector form.
x1 + 3x2 – 5x3 = 0
x1 + 4x2 – 8x3 = 0
-3x1 – 7x2 + 9x3 = 0

2. Suppose A is a 3  3 matrix and y is a vector in R3 such that the equation Ax = y does not have a
solution. Does there exist a vector z in R3 such that the equation Ax = z has a unique solution?
Discuss.

3. Find the general flow pattern of the network shown below. Assuming that the flows are all
nonnegative, what is the largest possible value for x3?

4. Determine if the columns of the following matrix form a linearly independent set. Justify your
answer.

5. Find the value of h for which the vectors {v1, v2, v3} are linearly dependent. Justify your answer.

v1 = , v2 = , v3 = .

6. The figures depicted below show vectors u, v, w, along with the images T(u) and T(v) under the
action of linear transformation T : R2  R2. Copy these two figures carefully, and draw the
image T(w) as accurate as possible.
7. a. Show that the line through vectors p and q in Rn may be written in the parametric form x =
(1-t)p + tq.
b. The line segment from p to q is the set of points of the form (1 - t)p + tq for 0  t  1 (as
illustrated below). Show that a linear transform T maps this line segment onto a line segment
or onto a single point.

8. Assume that T is a linear transformation. Find the standard matrix of T : R2  R2, which rotates
points (about the origin) through 3/2 radians (counterclockwise).

9. Show that T(x1, x2, x3) = (x1 - 5x2 + 4x3, x2 - 6x3) is a linear transformation by finding a matrix
that implements the mapping. Note that x1, x2, … are not vectors but are entries in vectors.

10. A Givens rotation is a linear transformation from Rn to Rn used in computer programs to create
a zero entry in a vector (usually a column of a matrix). The standard matrix of a Givens rotation
in R2 has the form:

, a2 + b2 = 1

Find a and b such that is rotated into .

x2
(10, 24)

x1
(26, 0)