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LINEAR ALGEBRA ASSIGNMENT 2

VECTOR SPACE, SUBSPACE, BASIS & DIMENSION

1. Let V denote a vector space over a �ield 𝔽 and with a basis ℬ = {e1 , e2 , ⋯ , en }.

Let x1 , x2 , ⋯ , xn ∈ 𝔽. Let C = {x1 e1 , x1 e1 + x2 e2 , ⋯ , x1 e1 + x2 e2 + ⋯ + xn en }

(a) C is linearly independent set implies that xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2, ⋯ , n.

(b)xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2, ⋯ , n implies that c is linearly independent set.

(c) the linear span of c is V implies that xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2, ⋯ , n.

(d)xi ≠ 0 for every i = 1, 2, ⋯ , n implies that the linear span of c is V.

2. Let {v1 , v2 , ⋯ , vn } be a linearly independent subset of a vector space V where n ≥ 4.

Set wij = vi − vj . Let W be the span of �wij ∶ 1 ≤ i, j ≤ n�, then

(a)�wij ∶ 1 ≤ i < 𝑗 ≤ 𝑛� span W.

(b)�wij ∶ 1 ≤ i < 𝑗 ≤ 𝑛� is linearly independent subset of W.

(c)�wij ∶ 1 ≤ i < 𝑛 − 1, 𝑗 = 𝑖 + 1� spans W.

(d) dim W = n.

3. Consider the following row vectors

α1 = (1, 1, 0, 1,0,0), α2 = (1, 1, 0,0,1,0), α3 = (1,1,0,0,0,1),

α4 = (1,0,1,1,0,0), α5 = (1,0,1,0,1,0), α6 = (1,0,1,0,0,1)

The dimension of the vector space spanned by these row vectors is

(a) 5. (b) 6. (c) 4. (d) 3.

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4. Let A ∈ M10 (ℂ), the vector space of 10 × 10 matrices with entries in ℂ.

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Let WA be the subspace of M10 (ℂ) spanned by {An ∶ n ≥ 0}.

Choose the correct statements.

(a) For any A, dim WA ≤ 10. (b) For any A, dim WA < 10.

(c) For some A, 10 < dim WA < 100. (d) For some A, dim WA = 100.

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5. Let V be a 3 dimensional vector space over the �ield 𝔽3 = of 3 elements.
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The number of distinct 1 dimensional subspaces of V is

(a) 13. (b) 26. (c) 9. (d) 15.

6. Let n be an integer n ≥ 3 and let u1 , u2 , ⋯ , un be n linearly independent elements in

a vector space over ℝ. Set u0 = 0 and un+1 = u1 . De�ine vi = ui + ui+1 and

wi = ui−1 + ui for i = 1, 2, ⋯ , n, then

(a)v1 , v2 , ⋯ , vn are linearly independent if n = 2010.

(b)v1 , v2 , ⋯ , vn are linearly independent if n = 2011.

(c)w1 , w2 , ⋯ , wn are linearly independent if n = 2010.

(d)w1 , w2 , ⋯ , wn are linearly independent if n = 2011.

7. Let n be an integer ≥ 2 and let Mn (ℝ) denote the vector space of n × n real

matrices. Let B ∈ Mn (ℝ) be an orthogonal matrix and let BT denote the

transpose of B. Consider WB = {BT AB ∶ A ∈ Mn (ℝ)}.

Which of the following are neccessarily true?

(a)WB is a subspace of Mn (ℝ) and dim WB ≤ Rank B.

(b)WB is a subspace of Mn (ℝ) and dim WB = Rank(B) ⋅ Rank(BT ).

(c)WB = Mn (ℝ)
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(d)WB is not a subspace of Mn (ℝ).

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8. Let M = {(a1 , a2 , a3 ): ai ∈ (1, 2, 3, 4); a1 + a2 + a3 = 6},

then the number of elements in M is

(a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d) 12.

9. The dimension of the vector space of all symmetric matrices A = �a ij � of order

n × n (n ≥ 2) with real entries , aii = 0 and trace zero is

n2 + n − 4 n2 − n + 4 n(n − 1) n2 − n + 3
(a ) . (b) . (c ) . ( d) .
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10. Let n be a positive integer and let Hn be the space of all n × n matrices A = �aij �

with entries in ℝ

satisfying aij = ars whenever i + j = r + s (i, j, r, s = 1, 2, ⋯ , n)

then, the dimention of Hn , as a vector space over ℝ is

(a)n2 . (b)n2 − n + 1. (c) 2n + 1. (d) 2n − 1.

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11. The dimension of the vector space of all symmetric matrices of order n × n (n ≥ 2)

with real entries and trace equal to zero is

n2 − n n2 + n (n2 − 2n) n2 + 2n
(a ) − 1. (b) − 1. (c ) − 1. ( d) − 1.
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12. Let W = �P(B) ∶ P is a polynomial with real coef�icients, where B = �0 0 1��
1 0 0
the dimension d of the vector space W satis�ies

(a) 4 ≤ d ≤ 6. (b) 6 ≤ d ≤ 9. (c) 3 ≤ d ≤ 8. (d) 3 ≤ d ≤ .4

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13. Consider the 2 × 2 matrix M = � � ∈ M2 (ℝ). If the eighth power of M satis�ies
1 0
1 x
M8 � � = �y� , then the value of x is
0
(a)21. (b) 22. (c) 34. (d) 35.

14. Let V be a real vector space consisting of all polynomials in one variable with real

coef�icients and having degree at most 6, together with the zero polynomial.

Then which one of the following is true?

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(a) �f ∈ V ∶ f � � ∉ ℚ� is a subspace of V.
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(b) �f ∈ V ∶ f � � = 1� is a subspace of V.
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(c) �f ∈ V ∶ f � � = f(1)� is a subspace of V.
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(d) �f ∈ V ∶ f′ � � = 1� is a subspace of V.
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15. For P ∈ M5 (ℝ) and i, j ∈ {1,2, … ,5}, let pij denote the (i, j)th entry of P.

Let S = �P ∈ M5 (ℝ) ∶ pij = prs for i, j, r, s ∈ {1,2, … ,5} with i + r = j + s�.

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Then which one of the following is FALSE?

(a)S is a subspace of the vector space over ℝ of all 5 × 5 symmetric matrices.

(b) The dimesnion of S over ℝ is 5.

(c)The dimesnion of S over ℝ is 11.

(d) If P ∈ S and all the entries of P are integers, then 5 divides the sum of all

the diagonal entries of P.

16. � denote the matrix obtained by replacing

For a 4 × 4 matrix M ∈ M4 (ℂ), let M

each entry of M by its complex conjugate. Consider the real vector space
� }. Where MT denotes the transpose of M.
H = {M ∈ M4 (ℂ) ∶ MT = M

The dimension of H as a vector space over ℝ is equal to

(a) 6. (b) 16.

(c) 15. (d) 12.

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17. Let V be the real vector space of all continuous functions f: [0,2] → ℝ such that

the restriction of f on the interval [0,1]is a polynomial of degree less than or equal

to 2, the restriction of f to the interval [1,2] is a polynomial of degree less

than or equal to 3 and f(0) = 0. Then the dimension of V is equal to_____.

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18. Consider the real vector space P2020 = �� ai x i ∶ ai ∈ ℝ and 0 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 2020�.

i=0

Let W be the subspace given by W = {∑ni=0 ai x i ∈ P2020 ∶ ai = 0 for all odd i}.

Then, the dimension of W is____.

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19. Let W1 and W2 be subspaces of the real vector space ℝ100 de�ined by

W1 = {(x1 , x2 , ⋯ , x100 ) ∶ xi = 0 if i is divisible by 4},

W2 = {(x1 , x2 , ⋯ , x100 ) ∶ xi = 0 if i is divisible by 5}.

Then the dimension of W1 ∩ W2 is ⋯

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20. Let W1 be the real vector space of all 5 × 2 matrices such that the sum of the

Entries in each row is zero. Let W2 be the real vector space of all 5 × 2

matrices such that sum of the entries in each column is zero.

Then dimension of the space W1 ∩ W2 is ⋯

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