MATH 219 Final, Fall 2004
American University of Beirut · Linear Algebra I · 3 pages · Ms. Diana Audi
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Mathematics Department
Math 219 - Final
Fall 2005-2006
Name:..................................
ID:................................
Instructor: Ms. Diana Audi
Time: 2 hrs
I- (20 points) Let V = C[0, 1] be the vector space of all continuous functions
on [0, 1]. We define an inner product < ., . > on V to be:
< f, g >=
� 1
0 f(x)g(x)dx,
forallf, g ∈ V.
a- Let W = span{1, x},
h = 4 + x2, find the orthogonal projection of h on
W.
b- Find the distance d(h, W) from h to W.
c- Find an upper bound on
� 1
0 x100 √
x2 + 1dx.
II- (35 points)Let T : M2×2(F) → M2×2(F) be the mapping defined by
T(A) = AT, the transpose of A, and F is the field of complex numbers.
a- Verify that T is a linear operator on M2×2(F).
b- Let β = {e1, e2, e3, e4} be the standard basis for M2×2(F) ,find [T]β .
c- Find the eigen values of T and describe the corresponding eigen spaces.
d- Show that T is digonalizable, and find a basis β′ of M2×2(F) consisting
of eigen vectors of T.
e- Find an invertible matrix P such that [T]β′ = P −1[T]βP.
III- (25 points)Let An×n matrix ,with aij = 1,
for all i, j.
A =
1
1......
1
1
1......
1
1
1......
1
.
.......
.
.
.......
.
1
1.......
1
a- Find rank(A) and nullity(A).
b- Deduce that λ1 = 0 is an eigen value of A,and find the dimension of
eigen space corresponding for λ1 = 0.
c- Show that λ2 = n is an eigen value of A,and find the dimension of
eigen space corresponding for λ2 = n.(Hint: find A
1
1
1
.
.
1
)
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d- Show that A is diagonalizble .
IV- (25 points) Let T : F 3 → F 3 be a linear operator on F 3, where F is the
field of complex numbers. Let β = {e1, e2, e3} be the standard basis of F 3.
Let [T]β =
2
0
i
0
1
0
−i
0
−2
a- Show that T is a self adjoint linear operator.
b- Deduce that T is diagonalizable.
c- Find the eigen values of T.
d- let ||T|| = max||x=1|| ||T(x)||, Find ||T||?
V- (25 points)Let V be an inner product space over R .Let T : V → V be a
linear operator on V.
a- Show that < x, y >= 1
4(||x + y||2 − ||x − y||2).
b- Using part(a), show that ||T(x)|| = ||x|| for all x ∈ V if and only if
< T(x), T(y) >=< x, y >
for all x, y ∈ V.
c- If T is an isometry i.e (||T(x)|| = ||x|| for all x ∈ V ), find the eigen
values of T.
d- If T is an isometry ,show that T is one to one.
VI- (15 points) 1- Let T : V → W be a linear transformation, with dim(V ) = n
Let {v1, ..vk} be a basis for kerT, and {v1, ...vk, vk+1, ..vn} a basis for V.
a- Show that {T(vk+1), .., T(vn)} is a basis for the range of T.
b- Deduce that Rank(T) + N(T) = n
2-(15 points)- Let T : V → V be a linear operator, with dim(V ) = n and
rank(T 2 = ToT) = rank(T).
a- show that N(T 2) = N(T).
b- Deduce that KerT 2 = KerT.
c- Show that V = KerT ⊕ Range(T).
Application:( 25 points) Let V be an inner product space, and W be a
subspace of V. Let T : V → V be a linear operator on V, with
T(v) = projW(v) for all v ∈ V.
a- Find range(T) and Ker(T).
d- Find T 2 = ToT.
c- Show that ||T(v)|| ≤ ||v|| for all v ∈ V.
VII- (15 points)Let T : R3 → R3 be a linear operator on R3, with
T 3 = ToToT = 0. Let a ∈ R3 be such that T 2(a) ̸= 0.
Show that {a, T(a), T 2(a)} is a basis for R3.
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VIII- (Bonus 10 points)Let T, S be linear operators on a finite dimensional
vector space V.
a- If ToS is one to one, prove that S is one to one.
b- If ToS is onto ,prove that T is onto.
c- Deduce that if ToS is invertible ,then T and S are invertible.
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