031 Review Part 3

This is a sample, and is meant to represent the material usually covered in Math 9C for the final. An actual test may or may not be similar.

Click on the  boxed problem numbers  to go to a solution.

 Problem 1 

(a) Is the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}3&1\\0&3\end{bmatrix}}$  diagonalizable? If so, explain why and diagonalize it. If not, explain why not.

(b) Is the matrix  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle A={\begin{bmatrix}2&0&-2\\1&3&2\\0&0&3\end{bmatrix}}}   diagonalizable? If so, explain why and diagonalize it. If not, explain why not.

 Problem 2 

Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}1&1&1\\0&-1&1\\0&0&2\end{bmatrix}}.$

 Problem 3 

Let  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle A={\begin{bmatrix}5&1\\0&5\end{bmatrix}}.}

(a) Find a basis for the eigenspace(s) of  $A.$

(b) Is the matrix  $A$  diagonalizable? Explain.

 Problem 4 

Let  $W={\text{Span }}{\Bigg \{}{\begin{bmatrix}2\\0\\-1\\0\end{bmatrix}},{\begin{bmatrix}-3\\1\\0\\0\end{bmatrix}}{\Bigg \}}.$  Is  ${\begin{bmatrix}2\\6\\4\\0\end{bmatrix}}$  in  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle W^{\perp }?}   Explain.

 Problem 5 

Find a formula for  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{bmatrix}1&-6\\2&-6\end{bmatrix}}^{k}}   by diagonalizing the matrix.

 Problem 6 

(a) Show that if  ${\vec {x}}$  is an eigenvector of the matrix  $A$  corresponding to the eigenvalue 2, then  ${\vec {x}}$  is an eigenvector of  $A^{3}-A^{2}+I.$  What is the corresponding eigenvalue?

(b) Show that if  ${\vec {y}}$  is an eigenvector of the matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   corresponding to the eigenvalue 3 and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is invertible, then  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{y}}   is an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^{-1}.}   What is the corresponding eigenvalue?

 Problem 7 

Let  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 &-3\\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 &0\\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 1 \\ -3 & 1 &9\\ -1 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}.}

Use the Diagonalization Theorem to find the eigenvalues of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   and a basis for each eigenspace.

 Problem 8 

Give an example of a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 3\times 3}   matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   with eigenvalues 5,-1 and 3.

 Problem 9 

Assume  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^2=I.}   Find  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Nul }A.}

 Problem 10 

Show that if  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of the matrix product  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle AB}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B\vec{x}\ne \vec{0},}   then  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B\vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle BA.}

 Problem 11 

Suppose  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{\vec{u},\vec{v}\}}   is a basis of the eigenspace corresponding to the eigenvalue 0 of a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 5\times 5}   matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A.}

(a) Is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{w}=\vec{u}-2\vec{v}}   an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A?}   If so, find the corresponding eigenvalue.

If not, explain why.

(b) Find the dimension of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Col }A.}