PM 2002 - Linear Algebra Name:

Semester 1
Quiz 6
April 8, 2016
Time Limit: 10 Minutes Index No:

Write your answers on this paper itself. Your arguments need to be logical. This paper
contains 2 pages and 1 questions. If a page or a part of this question paper is not printed,
please inform immediately.

1. Let W1 = {(x, y, 0)|x, y ∈ R}, W2 = {(0, 0, z)|z ∈ R}, W3 = {(0, w, w)|w ∈ R} and
W4 = {(u, 0, v)|u, v ∈ R}. Clearly W1 , W2 , W3 and W4 are subspaces of R3 .

(i) Show that R3 = W1 ⊕ W2 . (i.e. R3 = W1 + W2 and W1 ∩ W2 = {0}.)

(ii) Show that R3 = W1 ⊕ W3 . (i.e. R3 = W1 + W3 and W1 ∩ W3 = {0}.)
(iii) Let W, U1 and U2 be subspaces of R3 . Does W ⊕ U1 = W ⊕ U2 imply U1 = U2 ?
Justify your answer.
(iv) Show that R3 = W1 + W4 .
(v) Is R3 = W1 ⊕ W4 ? Justify your answer.
(Hint: What is the dimension of W1 ∩ W4 ?)

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