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Assignment
Course Code: MTE-02
Assignment Code: MTE-02/TMA/2022
Maximum Marks: 100
1) Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Justify your answer with a
short proof or a counterexample.
i) The function f : R → R defined by f (x) = cos x is 1-1.
ii) The operation ∗ defined by x ∗ y = log(xy) is a binary operation on S, where S is the
set {x ∈ R|x > 0}.
iii) The set {(x1 .x2 , . . . , xn ) |x1 , x2 , . . . , xn ∈ R, x1 = 2x2 + 3} is a subspace of Rn .
iv) There is no 7 × 5 matrix of rank 6.
v) If V and V ′ are vector spaces and T : V → V ′ is a linear transformation, then
whenever u1 , u2 , . . . , uk are linearly independent, Tu1 , Tu2 , . . ., Tuk are also linearly
independent.
vi) If V is a vector space and T : V → V is a linear operator with det(T ) = 0, then T is
not diagonalisable.
vii) The degree of the minimal polynomial of a 3 × 3 matrix is at most 2.
viii) For any 2 × 2 matrix A, Adj (At ) = (Adj(A))t .
ix) The only matrix which is both symmetric and skew-symmetric is the zero matrix.
x) There is no co-ordinate transformation that transforms the quadratic form
x2 + y2 + z2 to the quadratic form xz + yz. (20)
2x+1
2) a) Consider the funtion f : R \ {−1} → R defined by f (x) = x+1 .
i) Check that f (x) is well defined and 1 − 1. (3)
ii) Check that f (x) ̸= 2 for any x ∈ R. (2)
x−1
iii) Check that g : R \ {2} → R given by g(x) = 2−x is well defined and 1 − 1.
Further, check that g(x) ̸= −1 for any x ∈ R. (4)
iv) Check that ( f ◦ g)(x) = x for x ∈ R \ {2} and (g ◦ f )(x) = x for x ∈ R \ {−1}. (4)
b) Find the direction
√ cosines of the perpendicular from the origin to the plane
r · (6i + 4j + 2 3k) + 2 = 0. (2)
3) Let V be the set of all functions that are twice differentiable in R and
S = {cos x, sin x, x cos x, x sin x}.
a) Check that S is a linearly independent set over R. (Hint: Consider the equation
a0 cos x + a1 sin x + a2 x cos x + a3 x sin x.
Put x = 0, π, π2 , π4 , etc. and solve for ai . ) (5)
b) Let W = [S] and let T : V → V be the function defined by
d2 d
T ( f (x)) = ( f (x)) + 2 ( f (x)).
dx2 dx
Check that T is a linear transformation on V . (3)
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c) Check that T (W ) ⊂ W . (7)

d) Write down the matrix of T on W w.r.t the basis S. (2)
e) Is the matrix of the linear operator T non-singular? Justify your answer. (3)
4) a) Show that, if A is any n × n matrix with real entries, then there is a n × n symmetric
matrix S and a n × n skew symmetric matrix S′ such that A = S + S′ . (3)
b) Find the solutions to the following system of equations by reducing the corresponding
augmented matrix to row-reduced echelon form. (5)
2a + 3b + 4c + d = 8
a + 2b + 2c + 2d = 3
a − b + c + 3d = 3
5) a) For the following matrices, check whether there exists an invertible matrix P such that
P−1 AP is diagonal. When such a P exists, find P. (11)
   
0 1 −3 0 0 −2
i) A = 2 −1 6
  ii) B = 1 2 1 .

1 −1 4 1 0 3
b) Find the inverse of the matrix B in part a) by using Cayley-Hamilton theorem. (3)
c) Using the fact that det(AB) = det(A) det(B) for any two matrices A and B, prove the
identity
a2 + b2 c2 + d 2 = (ac − bd)2 + (ad + bc)2

(3)
6) a) Find the values of a, b ∈ C for which the matrix

 
1 i 1+i
 a 0 b 
1−i 2+i 1
is Hermitian. (2)
b) Are there values of a ∈ C for which the matrix
 
1 0√ 0√
0 −1/ 2 1/ 2
√
0 1/ 2 a
is unitary ? Justify your answer. (3)
c) Let (x1 , x2 , x3 ) and (y1 , y2 , y3 ) represent the coordinates with respect to the bases
B1 = {(1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)}, B2 = {(1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 2), (0, 2, 1)}. If
Q(X) = x12 + 2x1 x2 + 2x2 x3 + x22 + x32 , find the representation of Q in terms of
(y1 , y2 , y3 ). (3)
7) a) Apply the Gram-Schmidt diagonalisation process to find an orthonormal basis for the
subspace of C4 generated by the vectors
{(1, i, 0, 1), (1, 0, i, 0), (−i, 0, 1, −1)} (6)
b) Find the orthogonal canonical reduction of the quadratic form x2 − 2y2 + z2 + 2xy + 6yz
and its principal axes. Also, find the rank and signature of the quadratic form. (6)
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c) Check that T (W ) ⊂ W . (7)

6) a) Find the values of a, b ∈ C for which the matrix

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