DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
2022 – 2023 (SEMESTER – III)
Unit – 1 (Tutorial 1)
Class : II ADS
Course Code & Name : MA2101 & Linear Algebra and Boundary Value Problems
Faculty Name : P. Pandiaraj
List of Course Outcomes Covered
CO Blooms taxonomy
Course Outcomes
Index (Knowledge Level)
Test the given system of equation is linearly dependent or K3 – Apply
CO 1
independent.
Part A
1. Whether 𝑅 is a vector space over 𝐶. Justify?
2. Prove that the set of all singular 2×2matrices is not a vector space over real
numbers.
3. Prove that the set of all non singular 2×2matrices is not a vector space over real
numbers
4. Whether the subset W= {(𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 ) ∈ 𝑅3 ; 2𝑎1 − 7𝑎2 + 𝑎3 = 0}is a subspace.
Part B
1. Let 𝑉 be the set of all positive real numbers. Define the vector addition and scalar
multiplication as follows: 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑦 and 𝑘𝑥 = 𝑥𝑘. Determine whether or not 𝑉 is a
vector space over 𝑅 with respect to above operations.
𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
2. Determine the set of all 2 × 2 matrix of the form [ ], 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑅 with respect
𝑎+𝑏 𝑏
to standard matrix addition and scalar multiplication is a vector space or not?. If not, list
all the axioms that fail to hold.
3. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 are fixed elements of a field 𝐹, then show that the set 𝑊 of all ordered
triads {𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 } of elements of 𝐹, such that 𝑎1 𝑥1 + 𝑎2 𝑥2 + 𝑎3 𝑥3 = 0 is a subspace.
4. Prove that the union of two subspaces of a vector space need not be a subspace.
5. Prove that the union of two subspaces of a vector space is a subspace if and only if one
is contained in the other.
