Homework 1: ME/ECE/CHE 433: State Space Control Due On September 4, 2013 in Class

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Homework 1

ME/ECE/CHE 433: State Space Control Due on September 4, 2013 in Class

Figure 1: What is the funniest caption you can come up with for this gure ? Include it on top of your homework solution.

Problem 1. Prove that every linear map from R3 to R2 can be represented by a 2 3 matrix. Problem 2. Consider the set of all 2 2 matrices and denote it by R22 . (i) Show that R22 is a vector space with respect to matrix addition operation. 1

(ii) Prove that the following set is a basis for the vector space R22 B= 1 0 0 0 , 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 , 0 0 0 1 .

(iii) Find another basis for R22 which is totally dierent from set B . Prove that your proposed set of matrices is a basis for R22 . (iv) What is the dimension of the vector space R22 ? Prove your answer. Problem 3. Suppose that A, B are in Rnn . (i) Prove that (A2 )T = (AT )2 where A2 = AA. (ii) Prove that every matrix A can be written in the following canonical form A = A1 + A2 , where A1 is a symmetric matrix and A2 is a skew symmetric matrix. (iii) Assume that A, B , and AB are symmetric matrices. Prove that AB = BA. Find two 2 2 matrices that satisfy the statement of this subproblem. (iv) Show that A= 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 and AT = 1 1 2 1 ,

are similar. Find the corresponding transformation matrix. Problem 4. Assume that A =

(i) Find the general solution of the homogeneous equation Ax = 0. (ii) Find solutions of Ax = 1 . 2

(iii) Find the general solution of the equation in part (ii). (iv) Find solutions of Ax = (v) Find solutions of Ax = (vi) Find solutions of Ax = (v).] 1 2 3 . 0 7 . [Hint: you can directly use the results of parts (ii) and 2 and of Ax = 3 . 6

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