# MATH70 final Math70-Final-Fall07

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School
Tufts University
Department
Mathematics
Course
MATH-0070
Professor
Tufts University
Math 46 - 01 Department of Mathematics December 13, 2007
Final Exam
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in this exam.
1. (10 points) Let A=
1 1 1
11 1
1 1 1
. The eigenvalues of Aare 1 and 2.
Find an orthogonal matrix Usuch that UTAU is diagonal.
2. (8 points) Apply the Gram-Schmidt Process to the following set of vectors:
u1=
0
1
0
,u2=
1
1
1
,u3=
1
2
3
3. (15 points) Let u1=
1
2
1
,u2=
2
1
0
and let W= span {u1, u2}. Let y=
0
5
4
.
(a) Find the point win Wnearest to y.
(b) Find zWsuch that y=w+z.
(c) Find dist (W, y).
(d) The vectors u1, u2, z are linearly independent. How can you see this without
calculating a determinant or row reducing?
(e) Find the unit vector in the direction of u1.
4. (5 points) Let A=12
1 3 . Find an eigenvector of Ain C2.
5. (5 points) Fill in the blanks: Let f(x) = (xλ1)m1· · · (xλd)mdbe the characteristic
polynomial of a matrix A. Then Ais diagonalizable if for each i= 1,2, . . . , d, the
dimension of equals .
6. (12 points) Let B={v1, v2}be an ordered basis of a vector space V. Suppose
T:VVis a linear transformation such that T(v1) = v1and T(v2) = v1+v2.
(a) Find [T]B.
(b) Find x1, x2not both 0 such that T(x1v1+x2v2) = x1v1+x2v2.
(c) Find a basis {u1, u2}of Vsuch that both u1and u2are eigenvectors of T.
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