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Linear algebra (Osnabrück 2024-2025)/Part II/Exercise sheet 43

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Multiply in the two polynomials


Multiply in the two polynomials


Show that the ideal in the polynomial ring over a field is not a principal ideal.


Sketch in the solution set of the following equations.

  1. ,
  2. ,
  3. ,
  4. ,
  5. ,
  6. ,
  7. ,
  8. ,
  9. ,
  10. .


Which of the quadrics on the right can be described (in what sense) with less than three variables?


Determine which quadric from Example 43.9 can be described as a graph, and which can be described as a surface of revolution.


In the following exercises, we understand standard form in the sense of Theorem 43.10 .

Bring the real pure-quadratic polynomial

into standard form.


Bring the real pure-quadratic polynomial

into standard form.


In the following exercises, we understand standard form in the sense of Theorem 43.13 . We are looking for the new basis, the transformation of the variables (coordinate transformation), and the simplified quadratic polynomial.

We consider the real quadratic polynomial

with the pure-quadratic part


a) Determine the standard form of .

b) Determine an orthonormal basis such that is in standard form with respect to the new basis. Express the variables with the new variables.

c) Express in the variables of the new orthonormal basis.

d) Determine the standard form of .


Bring the real quadratic polynomial

into standard form.


In the following exercise, we are dealing with two definitions of an ellipse.

Let be two points, , and set

Show that is the zero set of a quadratic polynomial in two variables. How does the standard form look like? What are the principal axes?


By saying normalized standard form, we mean a quadratic form where the coefficients have the value . This can be achieved by allowing distortion (orthogonality might get lost).

Determine the normalized standard form of the real quadric


Determine the normalized standard form of the real quadric


Determine the normalized standard form of the real quadric


Let be a Minkowski space of dimension . We consider the set

For what is path-connected, for what does it fall into several components?


Let be a Minkowski space of dimension . We consider the set

Let be the observer vector of an observer , and let denote his space component. What is the shape of ?


Let be a field. The image of the curve defined by

is called semicubical parabola. Show that a point belongs to this image if and only if it satisfies the equation .


Let

Determine the points such that the distance between the corresponding curve point and the point becomes minimal.


We consider the curve


a) Show that the image points of the curve satisfy the equation


b) Show that every point satisfying belongs to the image of the curve.


c) Show that there exist exactly two points and with the same image point, and that the mapping is injective after removing these points.


Let be the image under the polynomial mapping

Determine a polynomial in two variables such that lies on the zero locus of .


Let be the graph of the standard parabola

and let be the surface of revolution of around the -axis.

a) Show that can not be described by a quadric.


b) Show that is the zero set of a polynomial in three variables.




Hand-in-exercises

Exercise (3 marks)

How many monomials of degree do exist in the polynomial ring in one, in two, and in three variables?


Exercise (4 marks)

Determine all solutions of the circle equation

for the fields , , , and .


Exercise (8 (2+2+2+2) marks)

We consider the real quadratic polynomial

with the pure-quadratic part


a) Determine the standard form of .

b) Determine an orthonormal basis such that is in standard form with respect to the new basis. Express the variables with the new variables.

c) Express in the variables of the new orthonormal basis.

d) Determine the standard form of .


Exercise (10 (4+6) marks)

We consider the cone

and let denote an affine plane. The intersection is called a conic section.

a) Show that every conic section

is, in suitable coordinates of the , the zero set of a quadratic polynomial in .


b) Determine which quadrics from Example 43.8 can be realized as a conic section.


Exercise (4 marks)

Determine the normalized standard form of the real quadric



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