Linear Algebra Midterm Review

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What is the relationship between determinants and volume?

If A is a 3X3 matrix, the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the columns of A is |det A|.

What is a linear combination of a set of vectors in a vector space?

Linear combination refers to any sum of scalar multiples of vectors.

What is the span of a set of vectors in a vector space?

Span {v1,....,vp} denotes the set of all vectors that can be written as linear combinations of v1,....,vp.

How do you use RREF to determine a basis for the null space of a matrix?

<p>You take the RREF form of a matrix and any non-pivot position columns are part of the null space of the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use RREF to determine a basis for the column space of a matrix?

<p>You take the RREF form of a matrix and any pivot position columns are part of the column space of the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a linear transformation from a vector space V to a vector space W?

<p>A linear transformation T from a vector space V into a vector space W assigns to each vector x in V a unique vector T(x) in W.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a linearly independent subset of a vector space?

<p>An indexed set of vectors {v1,....,vp} in V is linearly independent if the equation c1v1+c2v2+....+cpvp=0 has only the trivial solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a linearly dependent subset of a vector space?

<p>The set {v1,....,vp} is linearly dependent if c1v1+c2v2+....+cpvp=0 has a nontrivial solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a basis of a vector space?

<p>A basis for H is an indexed set of vectors B={b1,....,bp} in V that is linearly independent and spans H.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you find the coordinates of a vector relative to a given basis B for a vector space?

<p>The coordinates of x relative to the basis B (or B-coordinates of x) are the weights c1,....,cn such that x=c1b1+...+cnbn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the coordinate mapping determined by a basis B of a vector space?

<p>The coordinate mapping assumes that the basis B is an indexed set whose vectors are listed in a fixed order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the change of coordinate matrix?

<p>PB is the change-of-coordinates matrix from B to the standard basis in Rn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an isomorphism of two vector spaces?

<p>A one-to-one linear transformation from a vector space V onto a vector space W is called an isomorphism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that two vector spaces are isomorphic?

<p>If two vector spaces are isomorphic, there is an isomorphism between them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the dimension of a vector space?

<p>Dimension of V, written as dim V, is the number of vectors in a basis for V.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a vector space is finite dimensional?

<p>If V is spanned by a finite set, then V is said to be finite-dimensional.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a vector space is infinite dimensional?

<p>If V is not spanned by a finite set, then V is said to be infinite-dimensional.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a trivial vector space, and what is its dimension?

<p>The trivial vector space contains only the zero vector, and its dimension is zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a system of linear equations?

<p>A system of linear equations is a collection of one or more linear equations involving the same variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a solution to a system of linear equations?

<p>A solution is a list of numbers that makes each equation a true statement when substituted for the variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the solution set of a system of linear equations?

<p>The solution set is the set of all possible solutions to the linear system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that two systems of linear equations are equivalent?

<p>Two systems are equivalent if they have the same solution set.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a system of linear equations is consistent?

<p>A system is consistent if it has either one solution or infinitely many solutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a system of linear equations is inconsistent?

<p>A system is inconsistent if it has no solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine the coefficient matrix for a system of linear equations?

<p>The coefficient matrix contains the coefficients of each variable aligned in the columns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine the augmented matrix for a system of linear equations?

<p>The augmented matrix is formed by combining the coefficient matrix and the solution vector.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the size of a matrix?

<p>The size of a matrix is denoted as an mXn matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three elementary row operations (ERO)?

<ol> <li>Replace one row by the sum of itself and a multiple of another row. 2. Interchange two rows. 3. Multiply all entries in a row by a nonzero constant.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that two matrices are row equivalent?

<p>Two matrices are row equivalent if one can be transformed into the other using elementary row operations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between two systems of linear equations when their augmented matrices are row equivalent?

<p>If the augmented matrices are row equivalent, then the two systems have the same solution set.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between 'existence of a solution' and 'uniqueness of a solution' for a system of linear equations?

<p>Existence refers to having at least one solution, while uniqueness means having exactly one solution without free variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many solutions can there be for a system of linear equations?

<p>There can be infinitely many solutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a matrix is in reduced row echelon form (RREF)?

<p>In RREF, leading entries in nonzero rows are 1s, and each leading 1 is the only nonzero entry in its column.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use ERO operations to put a matrix in RREF?

<p>Get a leading 1 in the (1,1) entry, then zeros below and above it in the column, continuing down the diagonal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you find more than one RREF for a given matrix?

<p>No, there will only be one RREF for any given matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you identify the leading entries in the RREF for a matrix?

<p>Identify them by the pivot positions in the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do the solutions of a system of linear equations change when the augmented matrix is acted on by ERO?

<p>The solutions change in the same manner as the matrix by ERO.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use RREF to solve a system of linear equations?

<p>You obtain the RREF and augment the solution vector in the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine a pivot position in a matrix?

<p>A pivot position is where there is a leading 1 in the reduced echelon form of the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine a pivot column in a matrix?

<p>A pivot column is a column that contains a pivot position.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Give some uses for determining the pivot entries and pivot columns in a matrix.

<p>They provide a basis for the column space of the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is R^n?

<p>R^n is the collection of all lists (or ordered n-tuples) of n real numbers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a linear combination of a set of vectors in R^n?

<p>A linear combination is formed by c1v1 + ... + cpvp for given vectors and scalars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the span of a set of vectors in R^n?

<p>The span is the collection of all vectors that can be expressed as c1v1 + c2v2 + ... + cpvp.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you write a linear system of equations in matrix vector form Ax=b?

<p>Take the coefficients of each variable and arrange them into a matrix for the equation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the process of multiplying matrices and vectors.

<p>Ensure that the number of columns in the first matrix equals the number of rows in the second. Multiply corresponding entries row-wise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the properties of matrix-vector products?

<p>A(u + v) = Au + Av; A(cu) = c(Au).</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the process of multiplying matrices.

<p>The number of columns in the first matrix must equal the number of rows in the second. Multiply and sum appropriately.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the properties of matrix products?

<p>Associative, left distributive, right distributive, and identity properties define matrix multiplication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a homogeneous linear system?

<p>A homogeneous system can be expressed as Ax = 0.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a non-homogeneous linear system?

<p>A non-homogeneous system can be written as Ax ≠ 0.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the trivial solution of a homogeneous linear system?

<p>The zero solution is usually called the trivial solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a non-trivial solution of a homogeneous linear system?

<p>A nontrivial solution is a nonzero vector x that satisfies Ax = 0.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a set of vectors in R^n is linearly independent?

<p>Vectors are linearly independent if their linear combination has only the trivial solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a set of vectors in R^n is linearly dependent?

<p>Vectors are linearly dependent if a linear combination has a nontrivial solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a linear transformation from R^n to R^m?

<p>A rule that assigns each vector x in R^n to a vector T(x) in R^m, satisfying specific properties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the range of a linear transformation?

<p>The range is the set of all vectors in R^m of the form T(u) where u is in R^n.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the null space (kernel) of a linear transformation?

<p>The kernel is the set of all vectors u in R^n such that T(u) = 0.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the column space (range) of a matrix?

<p>The column space is the set of all linear combinations of the columns of a matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the null space (kernel) of a matrix?

<p>The null space is the set of all solutions to the homogeneous equation Ax = 0.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you find the (standard) matrix representation of a linear transformation?

<p>A unique matrix A exists such that T(x) = Ax for all x in R^n.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine whether a linear transformation is one‐to‐one?

<p>T is one-to-one if each b in R^m is the image of at most one x in R^n.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you determine whether a linear transformation is onto?

<p>T is onto R^m if each b in R^m is the image of at least one x in R^n.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the diagonal of a matrix?

<p>The diagonal consists of all the entries in the aii positions of the matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a diagonal matrix?

<p>A diagonal matrix is a square nXn matrix whose non-diagonal entries are zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the zero matrix?

<p>An mXn matrix whose entries are all zero is a zero matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an upper triangular matrix?

<p>An upper triangular matrix is formed when all entries below the diagonal are zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a lower triangular matrix?

<p>A lower triangular matrix is formed when all entries above the diagonal are zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the identity matrix, and why does it have this name?

<p>The identity matrix has 1s on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere, serving as the multiplicative identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

List the properties of matrix multiplication.

<p>Associative, distributive, identity, and scalar multiplication properties govern the behavior of matrix multiplication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do we define powers of matrices?

<p>If A is an nXn matrix and k is a positive integer, then A^k denotes the product of k copies of A.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the transpose of a matrix?

<p>The transpose of an mXn matrix A is the nXm matrix whose columns are formed from the corresponding rows of A.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a matrix is invertible?

<p>An nXn matrix A is invertible if there exists a matrix C such that CA = I and AC = I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a matrix is singular?

<p>A singular matrix is not invertible, typically characterized by a determinant of zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to say that a matrix is non-singular?

<p>A non-singular matrix is invertible, meaning its determinant is not zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use an inverse matrix to solve a linear system?

<p>Multiply the inverse matrix on the left on both sides of the equation Ax = b.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use RREF to find the inverse of a matrix?

<p>Augment the identity matrix with the original matrix to obtain the inverse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a vector space?

<p>A vector space is a nonempty set of objects called vectors, defined by addition and scalar multiplication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a subspace of a vector space?

<p>A subspace is a subset of a vector space that includes the zero vector, closure under addition, and closure under scalar multiplication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a basis for a vector space?

<p>A basis is a linearly independent set that spans the vector space.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the standard basis for R^n?

<p>The standard basis is the set of columns of the nXn identity matrix.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the dimension of a subspace (vector space)?

<p>The dimension is the number of basis elements for the subspace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the rank of a matrix?

<p>The rank of A is the dimension of the column space of A.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the rank of a linear transformation?

<p>The rank of a linear transformation L is the dimension of its image.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nullity of a matrix?

<p>The nullity is the dimension of the null space.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nullity of linear transformation?

<p>The nullity is the dimension of the kernel where the transformation equals zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a coordinate vector relative to a given basis B?

<p>The coordinates are the weights such that x = c1b1 + ... + cnbn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the determinant of a matrix?

<p>For n &gt;= 2, the determinant is the sum of n terms formed from the entries of the matrix with alternating signs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use cofactor expansion across rows or down columns to find the determinant of a matrix?

<p>Cofactor expansion can be carried out across any row or down any column using the corresponding cofactors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you use elementary row operations to find the determinant of a matrix?

<p>Row operations affect the determinant in specific ways, like changing signs or scaling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the determinant of a diagonal matrix?

<p>The determinant of a diagonal matrix is the product of its diagonal elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the determinant of an upper triangular matrix?

<p>The determinant is the product of the diagonal elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the determinant of a lower triangular matrix?

<p>The determinant is found by similarly taking the product of the diagonal elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the properties of determinants?

<p>Determinants have various properties, including associativity, sign changes with row swaps, and scaling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Cramer's rule for solving linear systems?

<p>Cramer's rule provides a formula for unique solutions of Ax = b using determinants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relation between determinants and area?

<p>Determinants can be used to calculate the area of geometric figures represented by vectors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

System of Linear Equations

  • A collection of one or more linear equations involving the same variables (x1, ..., xn).
  • Solutions consist of values that satisfy each equation simultaneously.

Solutions and Solution Sets

  • Solutions are lists of numbers (s1, s2, ..., sn) that make the equations true.
  • The solution set comprises all possible solutions.

Consistency and Equivalence

  • Two systems are equivalent if they have identical solution sets.
  • A consistent system has one or infinitely many solutions; inconsistent means no solution exists.

Coefficient and Augmented Matrices

  • The coefficient matrix consists of the coefficients of each variable arranged in columns.
  • An augmented matrix combines the coefficient matrix and the solution vector.

Matrix Properties and Operations

  • Matrix size is expressed as mXn, indicating rows and columns count.
  • Elementary Row Operations (EROs) include row replacement, row interchange, and scaling rows.
  • Two matrices are row equivalent if they can be transformed into each other through EROs.

Reduced Row Echelon Form (RREF)

  • A matrix is in RREF if leading entries are 1 and the only non-zero entry in the column is that leading 1.
  • There is only one RREF for a given matrix.

Linear Transformations and Vector Spaces

  • A linear transformation assigns vectors from R^n to R^m and must satisfy properties of linearity.
  • The range is all possible outputs of a linear transformation; the null space consists of inputs that yield zero outputs.

Matrix Types

  • Diagonal matrices have non-diagonal entries equal to zero; upper and lower triangular matrices have zeros below and above the diagonal, respectively.
  • The identity matrix contains 1s on the diagonal and 0s elsewhere, acting as a multiplicative identity.

Determinants

  • Determinants quantify how much a matrix can scale volumes. For diagonal and triangular matrices, the determinant equals the product of the diagonal entries.
  • Determinants provide criteria for invertibility; a matrix is invertible iff its determinant is non-zero.

Vector Space Concepts

  • A vector space comprises vectors with defined operations of addition and scalar multiplication.
  • A basis for a vector space is a linearly independent set that spans the space; dimension reflects the number of basis elements.

Rank and Nullity

  • Rank is the dimension of the column space, while nullity is the dimension of the null space of a matrix.
  • Cramer’s Rule provides a method for solving systems using determinants.

Linear Dependence and Independence

  • A set of vectors is linearly independent if the only solution to their linear combination equating to zero is the trivial solution (all coefficients are zero).
  • If a non-trivial solution exists, the vectors are linearly dependent.

Matrix Multiplication Properties

  • The product of matrices follows associative and distributive properties unique to matrix arithmetic, ensuring consistent logic in calculating resultant matrices.

Cofactor Expansion and Determinants

  • Determinant values can be computed using cofactor expansion across rows and columns, providing flexibility in calculation techniques.
  • Row operations affect determinants according to specific rules, enhancing computational efficiency.### Linear Dependence
  • A set of vectors {v1, ..., vp} is linearly dependent if the equation c1v1 + c2v2 + ... + cpvp = 0 has a nontrivial solution, meaning not all coefficients c1, ..., cp are zero.

Basis of a Vector Space

  • A basis B = {b1, ..., bp} for a subspace H of vector space V must satisfy two conditions:
    • B is a linearly independent set.
    • The subspace spanned by B is equal to H, written as H = Span{b1, ..., bp}.

Coordinates Relative to a Basis

  • For a vector x in V and a basis B = {b1, ..., bn}, the coordinates of x relative to B are the weights c1, ..., cn satisfying the equation x = c1b1 + ... + cnbn.

Coordinate Mapping

  • The coordinate mapping is determined by an indexed set of vectors in basis B, ensuring that each vector in B is listed in a fixed order. This provides an unambiguous definition of (x)B.

Change of Coordinate Matrix

  • The change-of-coordinates matrix, denoted as PB, enables the transformation of coordinates from basis B to the standard basis in Rn. The relationship is given by x = PB[x]B.

Isomorphism of Vector Spaces

  • An isomorphism is a one-to-one linear transformation from vector space V to vector space W, demonstrating a structural equivalence between the two spaces.

Isomorphic Vector Spaces

  • Two vector spaces are isomorphic if there exists an isomorphism between them, indicating they share the same algebraic structure.

Dimension of a Vector Space

  • The dimension of a vector space V, denoted dim V, is defined as the number of vectors in its basis.

Finite-Dimensional Vector Space

  • A vector space V is finite-dimensional if it can be spanned by a finite set of vectors.

Infinite-Dimensional Vector Space

  • A vector space V is infinite-dimensional if it cannot be spanned by any finite set of vectors.

Trivial Vector Space

  • The trivial vector space contains only the zero vector, with a dimension of zero.

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