Assignment 2 Date: 29/08/2025
(Linear Algebra) Last Date to Submit: 15/09/2025
1. Which of these transformations are not linear?
(a) T (v1 , v2 ) = (v2 , v1 )
(b) T (v1 , v2 ) = (0, 1)
(c) T (v1 , v2 ) = (v1 , v1 )
(d) T (v1 , v2 ) = v1 − v2
(e) T (v1 , v2 ) = (0, v1 )
(f) T (v1 , v2 ) = (v1 , v2 )
2. Find the range space, rank, kernel and nullity of T :
(a) T (v1 , v2 ) = (v1 − v2 , 0)
(b) T (v1 , v2 ) = (0, 0)
(c) T (v1 , v2 , v3 ) = (v1 , v2 )
(d) T (v1 , v2 ) = (v1 , v1 ).
3. Suppose a linear transformation T satisfies T (1, 1) = (2, 2) and T (2, 0) = (0, 0).
Find T (2, 2), T (3, 1), T (−1, 1), T (a, b).
4. Suppose T (M ) = M T . Prove that T is a linear transformation from R2×2 to R2×2 . Find the range
space, rank, kernel and nullity of T .
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5. Suppose T (f (x)) = f (x). Prove that T is a linear transformation from P2 (R) to P2 (R). Find the
range space, rank, kernel and nullity of T .
6. Suppose T is a linear transformation from R4 to R4 , given by
T (a, b, c, d) = (d, c, a, b)
Find the matrix representations of T with respect to the following bases β and γ of domain and
co-domain respectively:
(a) β = γ = {(1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1)}
(b) β = γ = {(1, 1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 0, 0), (1, 0, 0, 0)}
(c) β = {(1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1)}, γ = {(1, 1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 0, 0), (1, 0, 0, 0)}
(d) β = {(1, 1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 1, 0), (1, 1, 0, 0), (1, 0, 0, 0)}, γ = {(1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1)}
7. Let β and γ be the standard ordered bases for Rn and Rm , respectively. For each linear transformation
T : Rn → Rm , compute [T ]γβ .
(a) T : R3 → R defined by T (a1 , a2 , a3 ) = 2a1 + a2 − 3a3
(b) T : Rn → R defined by T (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ) = a1 + an .
(c) T : R3 → R2 defined by T (a1 , a2 , a3 ) = (2a2 + a3 , a1 + 4a2 + 5a3 ).
(d) Let T : R2 → R3 be defined by T (a1 , a2 ) = (a1 − a2 , a1 , 2a1 + a2 ). Let β be the standard ordered
basis for R2 and γ = {(1, 1, 0), (0, 1, 1), (2, 2, 3)}. Compute [T ]γβ . If α = {(1, 2), (2, 3)}, compute
[T ]γα .
8. Define T : M2×2 (R) → P2 (R) by
a b
T = (a + b) + (2d)x + bx2 .
c d
Let β and γ are standard ordered bases for M2×2 (R) and P2 (R), respectively, Compute [T ]γβ .
Assignment 2 Date: 29/08/2025
(Linear Algebra) Last Date to Submit: 15/09/2025
9. For each of the following vector spaces V and bases β, find explicit formulas for vectors of the dual
basis β ∗ for V ∗ .
(a) V = R2 , β = {(1, 1), (2, 5)}
(b) V = P3 (R), β = {1, x, x2 , x3 }
10. Let V = P1 (R) and W = R2 with respective standard ordered bases β and γ. Define T : V → W by
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T (p(x)) = (p(0) − 2p(1), p(0) + p (0)),
(a) For f ∈ W ∗ defined by f (a, b) = a − 2b, compute T t (f ).
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(b) Compute [T t ]βγ ∗ .