QUESTION 1 [36]
Let V and W be vector spaces over a filed lit and T: V W be a mapping.
1.1. State what does it means to say Tis linear.
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([rn 12. LetT: ~ 3 ~ 3 be defined by T
= [:;]
(a) Show that Tis linear.
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(b) Find the matrix of T with respect to the standard basis of 1I3t •
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(c) Use the result in (b) to find the Characteristic polynomial of T.
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1.3. Let T: 1I3t -+ 1I2t be given by T(x, y, z) = (lxl, y + z). Determine whether Tis linear on not.
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QUESTION 2 [23]
2.1. Let 'B = {vi, v2 } and C = {ui, u2 } be bases for a vector space V and suppose
(a) Find the change of coordinate matrix from 'B to C.
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= (b) Use part (a) to find [x]c for x -3v 1 + 2v2 .
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2.2. In P2, find the change-of-coordinates matrix from the basis
= = 'B {1- 2t + t 2 , 3 + 4t 2 , 2t + 3t 2 } to the standard basis S {1, t, t 2 }.
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= 2.3. Let 'B {vi, v2 , v3 } be a basis of 1I3t in which v1 = (1, 1, O), v2 = (O, 1, 2) and
= = v 3 (1, 0, -1). Find the coordinate vector of v (1, 2, 3) with respect to the basis 'B. [8]
QUESTION 3 [8]
Let A = PDP- 1 where P = [~ ;] and D = [~ ~].Then Compute A10 .
QUESTION 4 [10]
Find the quadratic form q(X) that corresponds to the symmetric matrix
i ~]-
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3 -2
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