EE 650 - Assignment 1

Each question carries 10 marks.

Q1.
*Assume that the field is complex.
a) Find two bases in C4 such that the only vectors common to both are (0, 0, 1, 1) and (1, 1, 0, 0).
b) Find two bases in C4 that have no vectors in common so that one of them contains the vectors (1, 0, 0, 0)
and (1, 1, 0, 0), and the other one contains the vectors (1, 1, 1, 0) and (1, 1, 1, 1).

Q2.
*Assume that the field is complex.
a) Under what conditions on the scalar do the vectors (1, 1, 1) and (1, , 2) form a basis of C3 ?
b) Under what conditions on the scalar do the vectors (0, 1, ), (, 0, 1) and (, 1, 1 + ) form a basis of C3 ?

Q3.
A polynomial x is called even if x(t) = x(t) identically in t and is called odd if x(t) = x(t). Show that
both the class M of even polynomials and the class N of odd polynomials are subspaces of the vector space P
of all polynomials.

Q4.
W1 and W2 are sets of 2 2 real matrices and are defined as follows:




W1 =
= , =





W2 =
= , =


Are W1 , W2 and W1 W2 subspaces of the 2 2 real matrices space A? If yes, what are the dimensions?

Q5.
If A and B are linear transformations such that AB BA commutes with A, then show that Ak B BAk =
kAk1 (AB BA) for every positive integer k.

Q6.
A linear transformation A is defined on C2 by
A(1 , 2) = (1 + 2 , 1 + 2 ),
where , , and are fixed scalars. Prove that A is invertible if and only if 6= 0.
1

Q7.
Find the matrix of the operation of conjugation on C, considered as a real vector space, with respect to the basis

{1, i} (where i = 1).

Q8.
Consider the vector space consisting of all real 2 2 
matrices
 and let A be the linear transformation on this
1 1
space that sends each matrix X onto P X, where P =
. Find the matrix of A with respect to the basis
1
1

 
 



1 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
consisting of
,
,
and
.
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 1

Q9.
Suppose that the matrix
 ofa linear transformation (on a two-dimensional vector space) with respect to some
0 0
coordinate system is
. How many subspaces are there invariant under the transformation?
0 1

Q10.
a) If (ij ) is aP
matrix, what is the relation
between the linear transformations B and C defined, respectively,
P
by Bxj = i ij xi and Cyj = i ij yi ?


1 1
2
, what is
b) If the matrix of a linear transformation A in C , with respect to the basis {(1, 0), (0, 1)} is
1 1
the matrix of A with respect to the basis {(1, 1), (1, 1)}? What about the basis {(1, 0), (1, 1)}? Assume
that the field is complex.