QUESTION 1
Write true if each of the following statements is correct and write false if it is incorrect. Justify
your answer.
1.1. IfA is an eigenvalue of matrix A, then A - Al is invertible.
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1.2. Ann xn matrix with fewer than n linearly independent eigenvectors is not diagonalizable.
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1.3. The characteristic polynomial and the minimal polynomial of a square matrix can have
different irreducible factors.
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QUESTION 2
Show that v is an eigenvector of A and find the corresponding eigenvalue.
A=|_[f-4 -—o2h)v.=_72[sol
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QUESTION 3
xX
x —y
Let T: R? > R? defined ovt([v]) = | 2z |
Z
X+Z
3.1. Show that T is linear.
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3.2. Find the translation matrix A of T.
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3.3. Use the result in (3.2) to find T{ |—2] }.
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QUESTION 4
Let T,(X1,X2,X3) = (4X, + X3,-2x, + Xz, —-X, — 3X2) and Tz (x1, X2,X3) = (x1 + 2X2, —X3,
4X, ~~ X3).
4.1. Find the standard matrices of T, and Tp.
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4.2. Use the result in (4.1) to find the standard matrices of T2 © T;.
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