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This document provides instructions for Assignment 3 in an Advanced Linear Algebra course. It consists of 4 problems to solve involving concepts like orthogonal projections, self-adjoint operators, unitary operators, and symmetric matrix roots. The solutions must be submitted as a single PDF file following specific formatting instructions, including showing all work in a clear and organized manner to receive credit.

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ALA-Assignment 3

This document provides instructions for Assignment 3 in an Advanced Linear Algebra course. It consists of 4 problems to solve involving concepts like orthogonal projections, self-adjoint operators, unitary operators, and symmetric matrix roots. The solutions must be submitted as a single PDF file following specific formatting instructions, including showing all work in a clear and organized manner to receive credit.

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Advanced Linear Algebra 2021/09

Assignment 3

Name:

Student ID: Marks:

Instructions.

• Solutions must include ALL WORK and be shown in a CLEAR organized manner.
• Correct answers without correct supporting work/reasoning will receive NO credit.
• The solutions must be submitted in one single PDF file.
• Follow the instructions as in the video that I have sent you by email in order to
prepare the answers in a PDF file.
• If you use iPad/Tablet to write solutions, you must PDF print your answer book
(two times) before uploading it to Moodle.
To FLATTEN the file, for example one can use https://www.sejda.com/flatten-pdf
or https://smallpdf.com/blog/flatten-pdf.
OTHERWISE your submitted PDF file will appear with EMPTY pages.

1. Let W be the subspace of R3 spanned by vector u = (1, 2, 2). Using the standard inner
product, let P be the orthogonal projection of R3 onto W . [25]
(a) Find a formula for P (x1 , x2 , x3 ).
(b) Find the matrix of P in the standard ordered basis.
(c) Find W ? .
(d) Find an orthonormal basis B in which P is represented by the matrix:
2 3
6 1 0 0 7
6 7
[P ]B = 6 0 0 0 7 .
4 5
0 0 0

2. Let V be a finite-dimensional inner product space, and let P be a linear operator on


V that satisfies P 2 = P . Prove that P is self-adjoint if and only if P P ⇤ = P ⇤ P . [10]

3. Let V be a complex inner product space and T a self-adjoint linear operator on V .

↵ + iT↵
(a) Show that k↵ ↵k = k↵
↵ ↵k.
iT↵ [10]
↵=
(b) Show that ↵ + iT↵ + iT if and only if ↵ = . [10]
1
1
(c) Now, suppose V is finite dimensional. Prove that U = (I iT )(I + iT ) is a
unitary operator. [10]

4. Prove that a real symmetric matrix has a real symmetric cube root; that is, if A is real
symmetric, there is a real symmetric B such that B 3 = A. [10]

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