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SMA 1102 Tutorial 3

The document is a tutorial for a Linear Algebra course at the National University of Science and Technology, covering various topics such as vector spaces, linear independence, and subspaces. It includes exercises on determining vector space properties, expressing vectors as linear combinations, and finding bases and dimensions of subspaces. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of fundamental concepts in linear algebra through problem-solving.

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SMA 1102 Tutorial 3

The document is a tutorial for a Linear Algebra course at the National University of Science and Technology, covering various topics such as vector spaces, linear independence, and subspaces. It includes exercises on determining vector space properties, expressing vectors as linear combinations, and finding bases and dimensions of subspaces. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of fundamental concepts in linear algebra through problem-solving.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY
Faculty of Applied Sciences

SMA1102: Linear Algebra

Department of Applied Mathematics

Tutorial III
1. Determine whether the set
V = { ( x, 2x ) | x ∈ R }
with the standard operations of addition and scalar multiplication from R2 is a vector
space over R.

2. Let V = R2 and define addition and scalar multiplication operations as follows; If u =


(u1 , u2 ) and v = (v1 , v2 ), then define u + v = (u1 + v1 + 1, u2 + v2 + 1) and if k is any
scalar, then define ku = (ku1 , u2 ). Show that V is not a vector space with the stated
operations.

3. Let S = {( a, 0, b) : a, b ∈ ℜ}. Show that S is a subspace of ℜ3 .

4. Determine which of the following lists of vectors are linearly independent:

(a) {(6, 5, −1)}


(b) {(0, 1), (0, 0), (1, 0)}
(c) {(5, 3), (8, −11), (10, 5), (18, 35)}
(d) {(1, 1, 0), (0, 1, 1), (1, 1, 1)}
(e) {(0, 1, 3), (1, 2, 1), (1, −2, 0)}

5. Express v = (−4, 7, 1) in R3 as a linear combination of

v1 = (0, 1, 1), v2 = (1, 2, −2), v3 = (3, 1, 0)

6. Let  
1 0 2 3
U = {x ∈ R4 | Ax = 0}, A = 0 0 0 −1
5 0 10 0
Give four vectors in U.

7. Determine whether the following vectors

v1 = (1, 1, 2), v2 = (1, 0, 1), v3 = (2, 1, 3).

span R3 .

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8. Show that the following vectors in R3 are linearly dependent:

(1, −2, 1), (2, 1, −1), (7, −4, 1).

9. Prove that if S = {v1 , v2 , · · · , vn } is a basis for a vector space V, then every vector v in V
can be expressed in the form v = c1 v1 + c2 v2 + · · · + cn vn in exactly one way.

10. Given a set of vectors B = {v1 , ..., vn } ∈ W, where W is a subspace, define the basis of W.

11. Find a basis and dimension of the subspace:


n o
W = span (1, 32 , 0, −5), (−3, −2, 0, 1, 15), (3, 0, −1, 12 ), ( 72 , 13 , −1, −2)

12. Let
f ( x ) = 1 + x, g( x ) = x + x2 , and h( x ) = x + x2 + x3
be polynomials in P. Define
W = span{ f , g, h}.
(a) Show that f , g, and h are linearly independent.
(b) Find a basis for W and determine the dimension of W.

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