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MTL 104: Linear Algebra: Department of Mathematics Minor Max. Marks 30

1. This document provides an overview of exam questions for the linear algebra course MTL 104. The exam covers topics like subspaces, linear transformations, matrix representations, dual spaces, and properties of linear operators. 2. One question asks students to determine if certain sets of sequences form subspaces, compute linear transformations between function spaces, and find matrix representations. 3. Another question covers properties of linear operators between polynomial vector spaces, including finding the dual space and solving systems of polynomial equations.

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MTL 104: Linear Algebra: Department of Mathematics Minor Max. Marks 30

1. This document provides an overview of exam questions for the linear algebra course MTL 104. The exam covers topics like subspaces, linear transformations, matrix representations, dual spaces, and properties of linear operators. 2. One question asks students to determine if certain sets of sequences form subspaces, compute linear transformations between function spaces, and find matrix representations. 3. Another question covers properties of linear operators between polynomial vector spaces, including finding the dual space and solving systems of polynomial equations.

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MTL 104: LINEAR ALGEBRA

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MINOR
MAX. MARKS 30

All questions carry equal marks. You may assume everything done in class.

(1) (A) Let R∞ denote the vector space of all sequences of real numbers. (Addition
and scalar multiplication are defined coordinatewise.) Determine if the following
sets form a subspace of R∞ or not. Justify:
(a) Sequences that have infinitely many zeros (for example, (1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, . . .)).
(b) Sequences which are eventually zero. (A sequence (xk ) is eventually zero
if there is an index n0 such that xn = 0 whenever n ≥ n0 .)
(c) Sequences
∑ that are absolutely summable. (A sequence (xk ) is absolutely
summable if ∞ k=1 |xk | < ∞.)
(d) Decreasing sequences. (A sequence (xk ) is decreasing if xn+1 ≤ xn for each
n.)
(e) Arithmetic progressions. (A sequence (xk ) is arithmetic progression if it is
of the form (a, a + m, a + 2m, a + 3m, . . .) for some constant m.)
(f) Geometric progressions. (A sequence (xk ) is geometric if it is of the form
(a, ma, 2ma, 3ma, . . .) for some constant m.) [3 marks]

(B) Let V = C[−1, 1] be the vector space of all continuous real valued functions
on the interval [−1, 1]. A function f ∈ V is even if f (−x) = f (x) for all x ∈ [−1, 1];
it is odd if f (−x) = −f (x) for all x ∈ [−1, 1]. Let Co = {f ∈ V : f is odd } and
Ce = {f ∈ V : f is even ⊕}.
Show that V = Co Ce⊕
.
(A vector space V = M N if M, N are subspaces of V and for every v ∈ V
there are unique vectors m ∈ M and n ∈ N such that v = m + n.) [3 marks]

(2) Let C = C[a, b] be the vector space of all continuous real valued functions on
the interval [a, b] and C 1 = C 1 [a, b] be the vector space of all continuously dif-
ferentiable real valued functions on [a, b]. (Recall that a function is continuously
differentiable if it has a derivative and the derivative is continuous.)
′
Let D : C 1 → C be the linear transformation defined by Df ∫ x = f and let
T : C → C 1 be the linear transformation defined by (T f )(x) = a f (t)dt for all
f ∈ C and x ∈ [a, b].
(a) Compute (and simplify)the operators (DT f )(x) on C and (T Df )(x) on
C1.

(b) Determine the null space of T and the range of D.

(c) Evaluate (and simplify) the operator DT 2 − T 2 D on C 1 .

(d) Find f, g ∈ C 1 such that f ∈ Null space of (D + T ) and g ∈


/ Null space of
(D + T ). [1+1+2+2 marks]

(3) Let P4 be the vector space of polynomials of degree strictly less than 4. Consider
the linear transformation D : Pn → Pn defined by f 7→ f ′ .

(A) Explain carefully how to find the matrix representation of D2 (with respect
to the usual basis {1, x, x2 , x3 } for P4 ).

(B) Determine the the matrix representation of transpose [D2 ]t (with respect
to the usual basis {1, x, x2 , x3 } for P4 ). [3 + 3 marks]
1
(4) (A) Let Pn be the vector space of polynomials of degree strictly less than n.
Determine the dual space Pn∗ .

(B) Let a, b, c, d ∈ R. Find a real polynomial p(x) of degree not more than 2
[4 + 2 marks] that satisfies p(−1) = a, p(1) = b, p(3) = c, p(0) = d with 3a + 6b − c − 8d = 0.

(5) (A) Suppose V and W are finite dimensional real vector spaces and T ∈ L(V, W ).
If there exists a ϕ ∈ W ∗ such that Null Space T t = Span{ϕ}, then prove that
Range of T = (Span{ϕ})◦ .

(B) Let N be a 2 × 2 complex matrix such that N 2


( = 0. )Prove that either
0 0
[3 + 3 marks] N = 0 or over C, N is similar to the diagonal matrix .
1 0

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