Exam 2 Practice Questions - Matrices and Matrix Calculus | M 340L, Exams of Mathematics

Fall 2009 2B 9:00 exam Material Type: Exam; Professor: Schurle; Class: MATRICES/MATRIX CALCULATNS-C S; Subject: Mathematics; University: University of Texas - Austin; Term: Fall 2009;

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M340L EXAM 2B 9:00
FALL, 2009
Dr. Schurle
Your name:
Your UTEID:
Show all your work on these pages. Be organized and neat. Your work should be your
own; there should be no talking, reading notes, checking laptops, using cellphones, .. . .
1. (10 points) Suppose that v1,v2,v3are vectors in a vector space V. Explain in detail
why Span{v1,v2,v3}is a subspace of V.
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M340L EXAM 2B 9:

FALL, 2009

Dr. Schurle

Your name:

Your UTEID:

Show all your work on these pages. Be organized and neat. Your work should be your own; there should be no talking, reading notes, checking laptops, using cellphones,....

  1. (10 points) Suppose that v 1 , v 2 , v 3 are vectors in a vector space V. Explain in detail why Span{v 1 , v 2 , v 3 } is a subspace of V.

YOUR SCORE: /

  1. (10 points) Let H be the set of all

 

x y z

  such that z = x + y + 2. Is H a subspace of

R^3? Justify your answer.

  1. (12 points) Suppose the rank of a 19 × 15 matrix A is 12.

The smallest number of vectors needed to span Col A is.

The largest number of linearly independent vectors in Nul A is.

The row space of A is a subspace of Rq^ when q =.

Does Ax = b have a solution for every b in R^15 , yes or no?

  1. (12 points) Find a basis for the subspace of R^4 spanned by the following vectors. Show the work that justifies your answer.   

   ,

  

   ,

  

   ,

  

  

  1. (12 points) A subspace H of P 3 has basis B = {1 + 2t + t^2 + t^3 , t + 2t^2 , 3 t^2 + 4t^3 }. Find [u(t)]B if u(t) = 2 + t + 5t^2 + 14t^3.
  1. (10 points) Suppose the solutions of a homogeneous system of seven equations in seven unknowns are all multiples of one nonzero solution. Will the system necessarily have a solution for every possible choice of constants on the right sides of the equations? Justify your answer.
  2. (10 points) a) Is

  

   an eigenvector of

  

  ? If so, find the eigenvalue.

Show the work that justifies your answer.

b) Find a basis for the eigenspace of A =

[ 5 0 2 1

] corresponding to eigenvalue 1.