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

 Problem 5 

Find a formula for  ${\begin{bmatrix}1&-6\\2&-6\end{bmatrix}}^{k}$  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  $A$  corresponding to the eigenvalue 3 and  $A$  is invertible, then  ${\vec {y}}$  is an eigenvector of  $A^{-1}.$  What is the corresponding eigenvalue?

 Problem 7 

Let  $A={\begin{bmatrix}3&0&-1\\0&1&-3\\1&0&0\end{bmatrix}}{\begin{bmatrix}3&0&0\\0&4&0\\0&0&3\end{bmatrix}}{\begin{bmatrix}0&0&1\\-3&1&9\\-1&0&3\end{bmatrix}}.$

Use the Diagonalization Theorem to find the eigenvalues of  $A$  and a basis for each eigenspace.

 Problem 8 

Give an example of a  $3\times 3$  matrix  $A$  with eigenvalues 5,-1 and 3.

 Problem 9 

Assume  $A^{2}=I.$  Find  ${\text{Nul }}A.$

 Problem 10 

Show that if  ${\vec {x}}$  is an eigenvector of the matrix product  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle AB}   and  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle B{\vec {x}}\neq {\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.}