Linear algebra (Osnabrück 2024-2025)/Part I/Exercise sheet 14/refcontrol

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Show by an example of two basesMDLD/bases (vs) ${}v,u$ and ${}v,w$ in ${}\mathbb {R} ^{2}$, that the coordinate functionMDLD/coordinate function (vs) ${}v^{*}$ depend on the basis, and not only on ${}v$.

Exercises

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Let

${}U=\langle {\begin{pmatrix}4\\6\\7\end{pmatrix}},\,{\begin{pmatrix}3\\-3\\8\end{pmatrix}}\rangle \subseteq \mathbb {R} ^{3}\,.$

Find a linear formMDLD/linear form ${}f\colon \mathbb {R} ^{3}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$ such that ${}U=\operatorname {kern} f$ holds.

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Solve the linear systemMDLD/linear system

${}4x+7y-3z+6u+5v=0\,.$

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Show that the real partMDLD/real part and the imaginary partMDLD/imaginary part define real linear formsMDLD/linear forms on ${}\mathbb {C}$, where ${}\mathbb {C}$ is considered as a real vector space.

Is the modulusMDLD/modulus (C) of a complex number a real linear form?

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Let ${}V$ be an ${}n$-dimensionalMDLD/dimensional (vs) ${}K$-vector space,MDLD/vector space and let ${}U\subseteq V$ denote an ${}n-1$-dimensional linear subspace.MDLD/linear subspace Show that there exists a linear formMDLD/linear form ${}f\colon V\rightarrow K$ such that ${}U=\operatorname {kern} f$.

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Let ${}K$ denote a field,MDLD/field let ${}V$ be a ${}K$-vector space,MDLD/vector space and ${}U\subseteq V$ a linear subspace.MDLD/linear subspace Let ${}v\in V$ with ${}v\notin U$. Show that there exists a linear formMDLD/linear form ${}\varphi \colon V\rightarrow K$ satisfying ${}\varphi (U)=0$ and ${}\varphi (v)=1$.

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Let ${}K$ be a field,MDLD/field and let ${}V$ be a ${}K$-vector space.MDLD/vector space Let ${}v_{1},\ldots ,v_{n}\in V$ be vectors. Suppose that for every ${}k$, there exists a linear formMDLD/linear form

$\varphi _{k}\colon V\longrightarrow K$

such that

$\varphi _{k}(v_{k})\neq 0{\text{ and }}\varphi _{k}(v_{i})=0{\text{ for }}i\neq k.$

Show that the ${}v_{1},\ldots ,v_{n}$ are linearly independent.MDLD/linearly independent

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Let ${}V$ be a finite-dimensionalMDLD/finite-dimensional (vs) real vector space.MDLD/real vector space Show that a linear mappingMDLD/linear mapping

$f\colon V\longrightarrow \mathbb {R} ,$

different from ${}0$, does not have a local extrema.MDLD/local extrema Does this also hold for infinite-dimensional vector spaces? Does this require analysis?

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Let ${}V$ be a finite-dimensionalMDLD/finite-dimensional (vs) ${}K$-vector spaceMDLD/vector space over a fieldMDLD/field ${}K$, and let ${}L,L_{1},\ldots ,L_{m}$ denote linear formsMDLD/linear forms on ${}V$. Show that the relation

${}\bigcap _{i=1}^{m}\operatorname {kern} L_{i}\subseteq \operatorname {kern} L\,$

holds if and only if ${}L$ belongs to the linear subspaceMDLD/linear subspace (in the dual spaceMDLD/dual space) generatedMDLD/generated (vs) by the ${}L_{1},\ldots ,L_{m}$.

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Express the vectors ${}u_{1}^{*},u_{2}^{*}$ of the dual basisMDLD/dual basis of the basis ${}u_{1}={\begin{pmatrix}1\\3\end{pmatrix}},\,u_{2}={\begin{pmatrix}2\\-5\end{pmatrix}}$ in ${}\mathbb {R} ^{2}$ as linear combinationsMDLD/linear combinations with respect to the standard dual basis ${}e_{1}^{*},e_{2}^{*}$.

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Express the vectors ${}e_{1}^{*},e_{2}^{*}$ of the standard dual basisMDLD/standard dual basis as linear combinationsMDLD/linear combinations with respect to the dual basisMDLD/dual basis ${}u_{1}^{*},u_{2}^{*}$ to the basisMDLD/basis (vs) ${}u_{1}={\begin{pmatrix}1\\4\end{pmatrix}}\,,u_{2}={\begin{pmatrix}-2\\2\end{pmatrix}}$.

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Let ${}V$ and ${}W$ be vector spacesMDLD/vector spaces over a fieldMDLD/field ${}K$, with a basisMDLD/basis (vs) ${}v_{1},\ldots ,v_{n}$ of ${}V$, and a basis ${}w_{1},\ldots ,w_{m}$ of ${}W$. Show that

$v_{i}^{*}w_{j},i=1,\ldots ,n,j=1,\ldots ,m,$

is a basis of the space of homomorphismsMDLD/space of homomorphisms ${}\operatorname {Hom} _{K}{\left(V,W\right)}$.

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Let ${}V$ be a ${}K$-vector space,MDLD/vector space together with its dual spaceMDLD/dual space ${}{V}^{*}$. Show that the natural mapping

$V\times {V}^{*}\longrightarrow K,(v,f)\longmapsto f(v),$

is not linear.MDLD/linear

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Let ${}K$ be a field,MDLD/field and let ${}A$ denote an ${}m\times n$-matrixMDLD/matrix and let ${}B$ denote an ${}n\times m$-matrix over ${}K$. Show

${}\operatorname {trace} {\left(A\circ B\right)}=\operatorname {trace} {\left(B\circ A\right)}\,.$

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Show that the definitionMDLD/definition of the trace of a linear mapping is independent of the chosen matrix.

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Let ${}K$ be a field,MDLD/field and let ${}V$ be a finite-dimensionalMDLD/finite-dimensional (vs) ${}K$-vector space.MDLD/vector space Show that the assignment

$\operatorname {End} _{}{\left(V\right)}\longrightarrow K,\varphi \longmapsto \operatorname {trace} {\left(\varphi \right)},$

is ${}K$-linear.MDLD/linear

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Determine the traceMDLD/trace (linear) of a linear projectionMDLD/linear projection

$\varphi \colon V\longrightarrow V$

on a finite-dimensionalMDLD/finite-dimensional ${}K$-vector spaceMDLD/vector space ${}V$.

Hand-in-exercises

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Let

${}U=\langle {\begin{pmatrix}9\\2\\-9\end{pmatrix}},\,{\begin{pmatrix}13\\23\\33\end{pmatrix}}\rangle \subseteq \mathbb {R} ^{3}\,.$

Find a linear formMDLD/linear form ${}f\colon \mathbb {R} ^{3}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$ such that ${}U=\operatorname {kern} f$.

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Let ${}K$ be a fieldMDLD/field and ${}a,b,c\in K$.

a) Show that the vectors

${}{\begin{pmatrix}b\\-a\\0\end{pmatrix}},\,{\begin{pmatrix}0\\c\\-b\end{pmatrix}},\,{\begin{pmatrix}c\\0\\-a\end{pmatrix}}\in K^{3}\,$

are solutions of the linear equation

${}ax+by+cz=0\,.$

b) Show that these three vectors are linearly independent.MDLD/linearly independent

c) Under what conditions generate these vectors the solution space of the equation?

d) Under what conditions generate the first two vectors the solution space of the equation?

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Express the vectors ${}u_{1}^{*},u_{2}^{*}$ of the dual basisMDLD/dual basis of the basis ${}u_{1}={\begin{pmatrix}4\\7\end{pmatrix}},\,u_{2}={\begin{pmatrix}6\\-1\end{pmatrix}}$ in ${}\mathbb {R} ^{2}$ as linear combinationsMDLD/linear combinations with respect to the standard dual basis ${}e_{1}^{*},e_{2}^{*}$.

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Express the vectors ${}u_{1}^{*},u_{2}^{*},u_{3}^{*}$ of the dual basisMDLD/dual basis of the basis ${}u_{1}={\begin{pmatrix}4\\-2\\1\end{pmatrix}},\,u_{2}={\begin{pmatrix}5\\3\\2\end{pmatrix}},\,u_{3}={\begin{pmatrix}0\\-1\\7\end{pmatrix}}$ in ${}\mathbb {R} ^{3}$ as linear combinationsMDLD/linear combinations with respect to the standard dual basis ${}e_{1}^{*},e_{2}^{*},e_{3}^{*}$.

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Let ${}V=\operatorname {Mat} _{n}(K)$ be the space of the ${}n\times n$-matricesMDLD/matrices over the field ${}K$, with the standard basis ${}e_{ij}$. Describe the traceMDLD/trace (linear) as a linear combinationMDLD/linear combination with respect to the dual basisMDLD/dual basis ${}e_{ij}^{*}$.

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