PROBLEM SET I

DUE 16 FEBRUARY 2016

(1) Are the following collections of vectors in R3 linearly independent? Why

or why not?
{ 0 }
(a) {( 0 )}
{ 0 }
{ 5 3 }
(b) {( 2 ) , ( 2 )}
{ 3 5 }
{ 1 0 17 }
(c) {( 0 ) , ( 0 ) , ( 0 )}
{ 2 1 0 }
{ 1 0 17 }
(d) {( 0 ) , ( 0.00001 ) , ( 0 )}
{ 2 1 0 }
{ 2 5 1 }
(e) {( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 2 )}
{ 6 2 9 }
{ 0 1 1 }
(f) {( 1 ) , ( 0 ) , ( 1 )}
{ 1 1 0 }
{ 1 1 1 }
(g) {( 1 ) , ( 1 ) , ( 1 )}
{ 1 1 1 }
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(2) Write, if possible, the vectors 1 , 2 , 3 R3 as a linear combination of

the following collections of vectors. If it is not possible, explain why not.
{ 0 }
(a) {( 0 )}
{ 0 }
{ 5 3 }
(b) {( 2 ) , ( 2 )}
{ 3 5 }
{ 1 0 17 }
(c) {( 0 ) , ( 0 ) , ( 0 )}
{ 2 1 0 }
{ 1 0 17 }
(d) {( 0 ) , ( 0.00001 ) , ( 0 )}
{ 2 1 0 }
{ 2 5 1 }
(e) {( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 2 )}
{ 6 2 9 }
{ 0 1 1 }
(f) {( 1 ) , ( 0 ) , ( 1 )}
{ 1 1 0 }
{ 1 1 1 }
(g) {( 1 ) , ( 1 ) , ( 1 )}
{ 1 1 1 }
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(3) How many solutions does each of the following systems of linear equa-
tions have? (Answer without solving them, if you can!)
(a)
+ 17 = 3
2 + = 0
(b)
5 7 + 17 = 2
19 + 12 9 = 88
113 + = 1
(c)
+ + 2 = 1
+ + 2 = 1
+ + 2 = 1
+ + 2 = 1
(d)
+ + + + 2 = 0
+ + + 2 + = 0
+ + 2 + + = 0
+ 2 + + + = 0
2 + + + + = 0
2 + + + + + = 0
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(4) Whats the angle between the following vectors? Compute the projection
() in each case.
2 3

(a) = ( 2 ) and = ( 4 )
1 12
4 1

(b) = ( 4 ) and = ( 4 )
7 8
169 1
520 1
(c) = ( ) and = ( )
561 1
425 1
1 0
1 1
0 1
(d) = ( ) and = ( )
1 1
0 1
( ) 1 ( 0 )
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(5) Whats the length of the vector

0
1
( 2 ) R25 ?

23
( 24 )
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(6) Show that any unit vector R+1 can be written as

cos(1 )
sin(1 ) cos(2 )
sin(1 ) sin(2 ) cos(3 )
= ( )

sin(1 ) sin(2 ) sin(1 ) cos()
( sin(1 ) sin(2 ) sin(1 ) sin() )
with 1 , 2 , , 1 [0, ] and [0, 2). Draw a picture for = 1
and = 2 to illustrate.
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(7) Suppose 1 , 2 , , R a collection of vectors such that

0 if ;
= {
1 if = .
Show that {
1 , 2 , , } are linearly independent.