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MAASAI MARA

UNIVERSITY
REGULAR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

COURSE CODE: MAT 2109


COURSE TITLE: LINEAR ALGEBRA II

DATE: 5TH DECEMBER, 2018 TIME: 0830 – 1030 HRS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer Question ONE and any other TWO questions

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This paper consists of THREE printed pages. Please turn over.

QUESTION ONE-30 MARKS

a) Let V be a vector space of finite dimension over a field K. Define a


bilinear form on V. (3 marks)
b) Find the corresponding bilinear polynomial associated with the symmetric

matrix . (3 marks)

c) For what values must entries of the matrix be multiplied with,


for A to be an orthogonal matrix? (3 marks)

d) Consider the mapping defined by

and the basis of . Find the matrix B representing


F relative to the basis S. (5 marks)

e) Compute the determinant of . (5 marks)

f) Diagonalize . (11 marks)

QUESTION TWO-20 MARKS

a) i. State the Cayley Hamilton theorem. (1 marks)

ii. Verify Cayley Hamilton theorem for the matrix . (5 marks)

b) Find the quadratic form of the matrix . (3 marks)

c) Consider the following two basis for and

;
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i. Find the change-of-basis matrix P from the basis E to the basis S. (4 marks)
ii. Find the change-of-basis matrix Q from the basis S to the basis E. (4 marks)

iii. Verify that . (3 marks)

QUESTION THREE-20 MARKS

a) Let f be a bilinear form of defined by

i. Find the matrix A of f in the basis . (3 marks)

ii. Find the matrix B of f in the basis . (3 marks)

iii. Find the change of base matrix P from the basis to

the basis and verify that . (4 marks)

b) Consider the linear operator defined by

and the basis .

Verify that . (7 marks)


c) Find the quadratic form q(X) that corresponds to the symmetric matrix

(3 marks)

QUESTION FOUR-20 MARKS

a) Let and , express the bilinear form

of f in matrix notation where

, hence find the matrix A such that

. (3 marks)

b) Consider the basis for where and

. Let be a linear transformation such that ,

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and . Find a formula for and use it to

compute . (7 marks)

c) Let be defined by .
Find all eigenvalues of T, and find a basis of each eigen space.
Is T diagonalizable?, if so find the matrix P that diagonalizes T. (10 marks)

//END

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