Qatar University
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
Linear Algebra Midterm Exam-L53 Fall 2023
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Question Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Bonus Total
Points 18 7 17 16 15 7 6 80
Score
Problem 1 (18 points). For each of the following answer True if the statement is
always true and False otherwise (No justi…cation is needed).
1) True or False: If the null space of a 50 60 matrix A is 40-dimensional. Then rank
of A = 20:
2) True or False: If A is a 2 3 matrix, then Null(A) is a subspace of R3 :
3) True or False: If the reduced row echelon form of a matrix A is the identity matrix
I, then A is invertible.
4) True or False: If A is a 3 3 matrix such that det(A) = 2, then det(3A2 )= 36.
5) True or False: The transformation T : M 3 3 ! M 3 3 given by T (A) = AT is linear.
6) True or False: Let A be 3 3 matrix with eigenvalues 1 = 2; 2 = 1; 3 = 2.
Then the eigen values of A2 are 4; 4 and 1.
7) True or False: Let A be 3 3 matrix with eigenvalues 1 = 2; 2 = 1; 3 = 2.
Then trace of A3 = 1.
1 0 1 1
8) True or False: The two matrices A = and B = are similar.
2 3 1 1
9) True or False: Let S = f(x; y; z) 2 R3 : z = 2x + y 1g is a subspace of R3 :
10) True or False: Let S = f(x; y; z) 2 R3 : x + 2y z 0g: Then S is closed under
scalar multiplication.
11) True or False: If A is a 3 3 matrix such Rank(A)= 3, then A is invertible:
12) True or False: If T : M 2 2 ! P2 is a linear transformation, the T cannot be
one-to-one.
1
Problem 2 (7 points). Consider the following system of linear equations:
8
< x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 =
2x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 0
:
x1 + x3 = 1:
(a) Determine all values of for which the linear system has a unique solution.
(b) Determine all values of for which the linear system has in…nitely many solutions.
2
2 3
1 2 3 1 0
6 2 3 5 2 1 7
Problem 3 (17 points). The matrix A = 6 7
4 3 5 8 3 1 5 has the matrix
4 7 11 4 1
2 3
1 0 1 1 2
6 0 1 1 0 1 7
E=6 7
4 0 0 0 0 0 5 as its row-reduced echelon form:
0 0 0 0 0
(a) Find a basis for the column space of A:
(b) Find a basis for the null space of A:
(c) Find the rank and the nullity of A.
T
(d) Find
0 a basis
1 for row space of A :
1
B 1 C
(d) Is B C
@ 0 A in the column space of A; justify your answer.
1
3
2 3
0 0 2
Problem 4 (16 points). Consider the matrix A = 4 1 2 1 5 :
1 0 3
(a) Find all eigenvalues of A.
(b) Find the eigenspace corresponding to each eigenvalue found in part (a).
(c) Justify why A and A3 are diagonalizable. Find a nonsingular matrix P and a diagonal
matrix D such that P 1 AP = D;
(d) Use part (a) to compute det(A):
4
Problem 5 (15 points). Let T : R3 ! R3 be the linear transformation de…ned by
T (x; y; z) = (x + 2y; x 2y + z; 2x y z) :
(a) Represent T as TA for some matrix A,
(b) Compute Ker T;
(c) Show that T one-to one and onto,
(d) Find T 1 (x; y; z).
5
Problem 6 (7 points). Use the natural isomorphism between P2 and R3 to …nd a
basis and the dimension of the subspace W = span fp1 ; p2 ; p3 ; p4 g, where
p1 (x) = 1 x + 2x2 ; p2 (x) = x 3x2 ; p3 (x) = 1 + 3x; p4 (x) = 1 2x2 :
Bonus Question (6 points).
a) Show that if A, B, and A + B are invertible matrices with the same size, then
A(A 1 + B 1 )B(A + B) 1 = I:
b) Let A be an n n matrix. Show that if is an eigen value of A; 2 is an eigen value
of A2 :
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