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EE 5150: Applied Linear Algebra: Assignment 2

This document contains an assignment with 5 problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1) Check if given subsets of Rn are subspaces 2) Determine if a set U spans R3, find a basis for the span of U, and extend it to a basis for R3 3) Show that a set V with elements (x1, x2) where x2 > 0 is a vector space under defined operations 4) Show that a set of 2x2 matrices is a vector space and find two bases 5) Determine if given statements about vector spaces are true or false

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EE 5150: Applied Linear Algebra: Assignment 2

This document contains an assignment with 5 problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1) Check if given subsets of Rn are subspaces 2) Determine if a set U spans R3, find a basis for the span of U, and extend it to a basis for R3 3) Show that a set V with elements (x1, x2) where x2 > 0 is a vector space under defined operations 4) Show that a set of 2x2 matrices is a vector space and find two bases 5) Determine if given statements about vector spaces are true or false

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EE 5150: Applied Linear Algebra: Assignment 2

1. Check if the following subsets are subspaces of R


n
. Notation x =
_

_
x
1
.
.
.
x
n
_

_
with x
i
R.
(a) S = {x : x
1
= 1} (b) S = {x : x
2
0}
(c) S = {x : x
1
x
2
= 0} (d) S = {x : x
1
+ 2x
2
5x
3
= 0}
2. Let vector space V = R
3
. For the set of vectors U given below, answer the following
i Check if span{U} = V.
ii Find a basis (denote by

U) for span{U}.
iii Extend the set

U (obtained in part [ii]) to form a basis for V.
U =
_
_
_
_
_
1
1
2
_
_
,
_
_
2
0
1
_
_
,
_
_
1
3
5
_
_
_
_
_
U =
_
_
_
_
_
2
1
2
_
_
,
_
_
4
2
4
_
_
,
_
_
1
1
2
_
_
,
_
_
1
2
4
_
_
_
_
_
U =
_
_
_
_
_
3
2
0
_
_
,
_
_
2
1
2
_
_
,
_
_
1
3
3
_
_
_
_
_
U =
_
_
_
_
_
1
2
3
_
_
,
_
_
2
4
6
_
_
_
_
_
3. Consider the set V = {x = (x
1
, x
2
), with x
2
> 0}. For u and v in V and R, dene
the addition and scalar multiplication as
u +v = (u
1
, u
2
) + (v
1
, v
2
) = (u
1
+ v
1
, u
2
v
2
)
u = (u
1
, u

2
)
Show that V is a vector space with operations dened above.
4. Consider a set of matrices of form S =
__
a a + b
a b a + 2b
_
: a, b R
_
.
(a) Show that S is a vector space with usual addition and scalar multiplication.
(b) Find two dierent basis for S.
5. Answer if the following statements are true or false. Provide logical arguements (proof)
to support your answer.
(a) In a vector space, size of a spanning set can not be smaller than size of a linearly
independent set.
(b) For vector spaces V and W, if dim(V) = dim(W) then V = W.
(c) Suppose vectors from set U = {u
1
, , u
n
} can be written as linear combination
of vectors from set W = {w
1
, , w
m
}, that is,
i,j
such that u
i
=

m
j=1

i,j
w
j
for i = 1, , n. Then it follows that span(U) = span(W).
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