Chapter 3: Q23E (page 119)
Describe the images and kernels of the transformations in Exercises23through 25 geometrically.
23. Reflection about the line.
Short Answer
The kernel is , image is all of .
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Chapter 3: Q23E (page 119)
Describe the images and kernels of the transformations in Exercises23through 25 geometrically.
23. Reflection about the line.
The kernel is , image is all of .
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(a) Let be a subset of role="math" localid="1660109056998" . Let be the largest number of linearly independent vectors we can find in . (Note , by Theorem 3.2.8.) Choose linearly independent vectors in. Show that the vectors span and are therefore a basis of . This exercise shows that any subspace of has a basis.
If you are puzzled, think first about the special case when role="math" localid="1660109086728" is a plane in . What is in this case?
(b) Show that any subspace of can be represented as the image of a matrix.
In Exercises 25through 30, find the matrix Bof the linear transformation with respect to the basis .
In Exercises 25 through 30, find the matrixBof the linear transformation with respect to the basis .
Explain why you need at least 鈥榤鈥 vectors to span a space of dimension 鈥榤鈥. See Theorem 3.3.4b.
Consider a linear transformation T fromtoand some linearly independent vectorsin. Are the vectorsnecessarily linearly independent? How can you tell?
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