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MA 601: Mathematical Methods For Engineers

This document contains the text of tutorial sheet #4 for the course MA 601: Mathematical Methods for Engineers. It includes 8 questions about finding orthonormal bases for subspaces, orthonormalizing polynomials and functions, and solving systems of simultaneous linear equations.

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MA 601: Mathematical Methods For Engineers

This document contains the text of tutorial sheet #4 for the course MA 601: Mathematical Methods for Engineers. It includes 8 questions about finding orthonormal bases for subspaces, orthonormalizing polynomials and functions, and solving systems of simultaneous linear equations.

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MA 601: Mathematical Methods for Engineers

TUTORIAL SHEET # 4 September 3 , 2015

Question 1 Find orthonormal bases for the following subspaces of <4 .

U = {(x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) <4 : x1 + x3 = 0 = x4 + x2 }

W = {(x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) <4 : x2 = x3 , x1 = x4 }

Question 2 Let U and W be the following subspaces of the inner product


space V = P2 , where hp, qi = a0 b0 + a1 b1 + a2 b2 defines an inner product in V .
Here, p(x) = a0 + a1 x + a2 x2 and q(x) = b0 + b1 x + b2 x2 .

U = {p V : p(0) + p(1) = 0}, W = {p V : p0 (0) + p0 (1) = 0}

Find an orthonormal basis for each of the subspaces U, W, U W .


Question 3 Let U and W be the following subspaces of the inner product
space V = P2 .

U = {p V : p0 (0) + p(1) = 0}, W = {p V : p(0) + p0 (1) = 0}

Find an orthonormal basis forR each of the subspaces U, W, U W , with respect


1
to the inner product hp, qi = 0 p(x)q(x)dx.
Question 4 Orthonormalize the polynomials {1, x, x2 } in the inner product
R1
space V = P[1, 1] with respect tothe inner product hp, qi = 0 p(x)q(x)dx.
Question 5 Orthonormalize the functions {1, x, sin x, } in the vector space
R1
space V = C[0, 1] with respect to the inner product hf, gi = 0 f (x)g(x)dx.
Question 6 Discuss the solvability of the following sets of simultaneous
equations and find the solution wherever it exists.
x+y+z = 0
6x + 4y = 2
x y + 2z = 1
(i) 9x + 6y = 3 (ii)
2x + y + z = 1
12x + 8y = 4
6x + 3y + 3z = 3

Question 7 Discuss the solvability of the following sets of simultaneous


equations find and the solution wherever it exists.
xyz = 2 x + 3y + z = 2
(i) 2x y + 3z = 1 (ii) 2x y 2z = 0
3x + 2y + 2z = 3 x 4y 3z = 0

Question 8 Discuss the solvability of the following sets of simultaneous


equations and find the solution wherever it exists.
xyz = 0 x + 3y + z = 0
(i) 2x y + 3z = 0 (ii) 2x y 2z = 0
3x + 2y + 2z = 0 x 4y z = 0

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