Review Guide III MTH 210 (c)- Fall 2012

Determinants

Topics to focus on: 1. Compute determinants using row reduction and cofactor expansion. 2. Properties of Determinants (Theorems 4, 5, 6 in 3.2) Examples: 1. Examples 1, 2 and 3 on P. 165-166 2. Exercises 37 on P. 168 3. Example 4 on P. 171 3. Exercises 31-36, 40 on P. 176

Vector Spaces

Topics to focus on: 1) Denition of vector space and subspaces of a vector space 2) Denition of basis and dimension 3) Find a basis for and dimension of a vector space 4) Null space, Column space of a matrix 5) Rank of a matrix, the Rank Theorem (Theorem 14 on P. 233) Examples: 1. Example 11 on P. 194 2. Exercises 1 and 8 on P. 195-6 3. Examples 5-7 on P.202-3 4. Practice Problem 2 P. 213 5. Exercises 9, 13, 15 on P. 213 6. Example 5 on P.228 7. Exercises 5, 7, 13 on P. 229 8. Exercises 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 on P. 236

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Topics to focus on: Denition of eigenvectors and eigenvalues Examples: 1. Example 2 on p. 267

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A Sample Test
Find the determinant of the following matrix. 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 A= 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2

2. Let A and B be 4 4 matrices. Suppose that det(A) = 3 and det(B) = 5, nd det(2A), det(A1 B), det(A3 ) and det(A B). 3. Let A be an 80 80 matrix. Prove that if AA = I, then det(A) = 1 or 1. 4. Let a b W = { c : a + b + c = 0, 2a + b + d = 0} d (1) Show that W is a subspace of R4 . (2) Find a basis for W . 5. Let a+b+c W = { a + 2b + c : a, b, c are real numbers} a + b + 2c (1) Prove that W is a subspace of R3 . (2) Find a basis for and the dimension of W . 6. Let p1 (t) = 1, p2 (t) = 2t, p3 (t) = 2 + 3t2 , and p4 (t) = 12t + 8t3 . Prove that {p1 , p2 , p3 , p4 } is linearly independent in P3 . 7. Let 3 6 1 1 7 2 3 1 A = 1 2 2 4 5 8 4 (1) If the column space of A is a subspace of Rk , what is k? (2) If the null space A is a subspace of Rq , what is q? of 4 (3) Let v = 3 . Determine whether v is in ColA. 7 (4) Is it possible to nd 3 linearly independent vectors in ColA? If yes, nd such vectors. If not, explain why. 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 8. Let v1 = 1 , v2 = 1 , v3 = 2 , v4 = 3 . 1 3 1 2 Find a basis for and the dimension of the space spanned by v1 , v2 , v3 and v4 . 9. Let A be a 4 7 matrix. Suppose that the homogeneous system Ax = 0 has exactly 3 free variables. 2

(1) What is the dimension of the column space of A? (2) What is the rank of A? (3) Do columns of A span R4 ? (4) Is Ax = b consistent for every b in R4 ? (5) Is it possible to nd a b in R4 such that Ax = b has a unique solution? Justify each answer. 10. Let 2 4 3 A = 4 6 3 3 3 1 1 Determine if v = 1 is an eigenvector of A. 0 11. Let A and B be two 5 6 matrices. (1) If the rank of A is 2, what is the dimension of the null space of A? (2) If the rank of B is 5, do columns of B span R5 ? are the columns of B linearly independent? 12. Consider each of the following statements and determine whether it is true or false. Justify each answer. (1) If A is not invertible, then 0 is an eigenvalue of A. (2) If the null space of a 56 matrix A is 4dimensional, then the dimension of Col(A) is 2. (3) The null space of a 7 9 matrix can never be of 2 dimensional. (4) If A is a 4 7 matrix and the homogeneous system A x = 0 has exactly 3 free variables, then the columns of A span R4 . (5) If 0 is an eigenvalue of A, then the columns of A are linearly independent. (6) det(AB) = det(BA) (7) If P is invertible, then det(A) = det(P 1 AP ). 13. Let 3 6 1 1 7 2 3 1 A = 1 2 2 4 5 8 4 (1) If the column space of A is a subspace of Rk , what is k? (2) If the null space A is a subspace of Rq , what is q? of 4 (3) Let v = 3 . Determine whether v is in ColA. 7 (4) Is it possible to nd 3 linearly independent vectors in ColA? If yes, nd such vectors. If not, explain why.