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Linear Algebra Final
Spring 2011 Dr. Skaggs
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 3
05/01/2011

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Let V be a subspace of R^n for some n. A collection B = {v1, v2, …} of vectors from V is said to be a basis for V if _____
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B is linearly independent and spans V
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How do you verify that nonempty subset W of vector space V is a subspace of V?
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Show closure of u_+c_*_v in W for arb vectors u, v and arb scalar c.
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What true about span of a set of vectors from vector space V?
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It's a subspace.
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What can you say of about Span of a single nonzero vector in R2 or R3?
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The set is a subspace. Graphically, it's a line that passes thru origin.
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What can you say of about Span of two linearly indi nonzero vectors in R2 or R3?
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The set is a subspace. Graphically, it's a plane that passes thru origin.
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What is a subspace?
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a subset of a vector space that is closed under addition and scalar multiplication
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Intersection of subspaces a subspace? How about the union of two subspaces?
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Intersection is a subspace. Union might be.
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The linear system Ax=b is consistent iff ____
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b is in the column space of A
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If A is mXn matrix, null(A) is subspace of ___ and col(A) is subspace of ___
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null(A) is subspace of R^n and col(A) is subspace of R^m
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Every nontrivial vector space has ___ many bases.
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infinitely many
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dim(R^n) = __ ; dim(M_{mXn}) = __ ; dim(P_n) = ; __
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dim(R^n) = n ; dim(M_{mXn}) = mn ; dim(P_n) = ; n+1
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If the span of a set B of n vectors is V and dim(V)=n then
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B is a basis for V
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If B and B' are two ordered bases for V, the transition matrix from B to B' is __ and the inverse matrix is __
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transition matrix from B to B' is invertible and invertible matrix is transition matrix from B to B'
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Given any two ordered bases for vector space, V, a a transition matrix can be used to
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change the coords of a vector relative to one basis to the coords relative to other basis
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T is fn from vector spaces V into W. T is linear transformation provided that __
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for all u,v in V and all scalars c, T(cu+v) = cT(u)+T(v)
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If A is mXn matrix and T(x)=Ax then T is __
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linear transformation from R^n into R^m
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If T is a linear transformation, then T(0)=
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linear combinations of linear transformations are
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linear transformations
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If T:V-->W and L:W-->Z are both linear transformations, then
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LoT:V-->Z is a linear transformation
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let W be a subset of vector space V. W is subspace iff following 3 conditions hold:
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zero vector, 0, is in W; Closure of any linear combo (scalar mult too) in W
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