Math 2270 Assignment 1

Dylan Zwick
Fall 2012
Section 1.1 1,2,13,16,30
Section 1.2 1,2,3,27,29
Section 1.3 1,2,6,8,13
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Section 1.1 Vectors and Linear Combinations

1.1.1

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all vectors (b
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Section 1.2 Lengths and Dot Products

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1.2.1 Calculate the dot products u v and u w and u (v + w) and w v:

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Sb to find the
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tered difference matrix is not invertible. Write down the 5 equations
Cx = b. Find the combination of left sides that gives zero. What
5 must be zero? (The 5 columns lie on a
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3
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combination of b
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