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    Math 104 Winter 2012

    Homework 1
    Due Thursday, January 19
    Please write neat and complete solutions to the problem sets. Neat means well structured, both esthet-
    ically and logically. Complete means that the grader will need to see a sucient amount of explanations
    and details to give you full credit, even if the question only asks for a numerical answer. Thanks.
    1. Read Chapter 1 of the Fall 2008 lecture notes available at http://www-stat.stanford.edu/
    ~
    candes/
    math104/Handouts/fall2008.pdf. In general, this handout is a a good complement to your textbook
    so that it would be a a good idea to consult it from time to time.
    2. Is

    7
    8
    9

    in the span of the two vectors

    4
    1
    2

    and

    1
    1
    3

    ? If so, write it as a linear combination of these


    two vector. If not, show it is not.
    3. Consider the matrix
    A =

    1 0 2 3 1 1
    2 1 2 5 4 0
    3 1 0 8 5 1
    4 1 2 1 8 0

    .
    (a) What is the dimension of the column space of A?
    (b) What is the dimension of the null space of A?
    (c) Find a basis for the column space of A.
    (d) Find a basis for the null space of A.
    4. Two vectors are said to be collinear when one can be written as a scalar multiple of the other. Consider
    two vectors u and v that are not collinear. Consider a vector w that does not belong to the linear span
    of u and v. Prove that u, v, w are linearly independent.
    5. A matrix is said to be upper triangular if a
    ij
    = 0 for i > j. Consider a generic 3-by-3 upper triangular
    matrix
    A =

    a
    11
    a
    12
    a
    13
    0 a
    22
    a
    23
    0 0 a
    33

    .
    (a) If a
    11
    , a
    22
    , and a
    33
    are nonzero, show that the only solution to Ax = 0 is x = 0.
    (b) If either a
    11
    = 0, or a
    22
    = 0 or a
    33
    = 0, then prove that the columns are linearly dependent.
    (Consider all three cases separately.)
    (c) If a
    22
    = 0, nd a nonzero element in the nullspace of A.
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