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BACHELOR'S DEGREEPROGRAMME
[.-- Term-End Examination

r-o |une, 2009

ELECTIVE COURSE : MATHEMATICS

MTE-2: LINEAR ALGEBRA
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
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Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any four
questionsfrom questions2 to 7. No calculatorsare
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' 1-. \tvhichof the following statementsare true ? Give L0
- reasonsfor your answers :

(u) Reflection in the x-axis, followed by

reflection in the y-axis, in R2is the sameas
reflection in the origin.

(b) A.y linear transformation is either one-one,

or onto, or both.

(.) The determinant of a unitary matrix is of

modulus 1.

(d) If P - {ao* a1x* azx2luo, a1,a2 e Rl and

Q : {ar )c* a212 lut, d2 €R} then % is a

well-defined real vector space.

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 (") If the charactersticpolynomial of a matrix
is (x - 1) (t - 2), then its minimal polynomial
is (x-1) or (*-Z).

(u) Let S: {(1,2,1), (1,0, 2)}. How many distinct

basesof R3 are there that contains S as a
subset ? Find two such different basesof
R3. Also obtain two distinct elements of
R3/tsl.
(b) Solve the following system of equationsby
the Gaussianelimination method.
x-y*32-6
x+3y-32- -4
5x * 3y + 3z -'1.0
(.) Give one example each, with justification 3,"
of: I

(i) a 4x3 matrix of rank 2;

(ii) a linear operator on R2 with minimal
polynomial of degree 1.

(u) Find the directions cosines of the

perpendicular from the origin to the plane
r . ( 3 i - 4 k )* L : 0 .
(b) Let T : R4+ R3 be defined by
T (*,!, z,w):(x+y,z*to, x+z)
(0 Find a basisfor Ker T.
(i0 Find a basisfor R (T).
(ii| Verify the rank-nullity theorem for T.
(.) Reduce the conic x2 - 4xy + A2:5 to
standard form, and hence identify |t.

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 4. (u) L e t M r ( R ) b e t h e v e c t o r s p a c eo f Z x 2
rnatricesover R. Let U be the subset of all
symmetric rnatricesand V be the subsetof
all skew-symmetricmatrices of Mzg).
Show that :
(i) U and V are subspacesof Mz(R).
(ii) U @ V:&{r(R).
(b) Let T be the linear operator on R3 which is
representedby

l -- 8o 4 4 l
A-l 3 4|
t l
L - 1 6 8 7J
Find the characteristic and the minimal
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polynomials of T.

i- 5. (u) Show that the operator

T : R 2 - + R 2: T ( x , y ) - ( x , 0 )
is Hermitian, but not unitarv. J

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(b) L e -ft : R \ j + l - I+ R_, f' ( x ) :2-x + j
t 3 ) 3x+2
Find a function g, and its domain such that
fog - gof - identity function on their
corresponding domains.
(") Let B - {r1, u2, u3} be a basis of Il3, where
11 : (1,1,1), uz: (1, 2,3), u3: (1, g, 4). Use
the Gram-.Schmidt orthogonalization
process to obtain an orthonormal basis of
R3, starting with B.

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6. (u) Let
[t o o 2 l l
A : 1 l 0 1 l
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- 1AP
Find a matrix P such that P is a
p-r''{Op'
diagonal matrix. Hence calculate
(b) Let T : R3 + R3 be defined as 3

T ( x , y ) - ( 2 x - 3 Y ,x + 4 Y )
Find det T. Hence, check whether or not T
is invertible. If it is, find 1-1-
If T is not invertible, then find its
characteristic PolYnomial.
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(u) Let the matrix of a linear transformation 5
T : R3 -+ R3, relative to the standard basis of .i
Rbe
1 4 4 n l
-
I I r z I
|t - r z 1 |l
L o 1 3 1
Find the matrix of T relative to the basis
B: {(1,1, \), (0,\, 1), (0,0, f)}.

(b) Reduce
g
(1,6x2-'1.04x+ 44)+ (9yz- 172y- 24xy)-
to standard form. Hence identify the conic
it represents.

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