Lecture - Linear Algebra MT22, XII


Flashcards

@Define the kernel of a matrix $\ker(B)$ where $B \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$.

\[\ker(B) = \{v \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times 1} : Bv = 0\}\]

@Define the image of a matrix $\mathrm{Im}(B)$ where $B \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$.

\[\mathrm{Im}(B) = \{ w \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times 1} : \exists v \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times 1} \text{ s.t. } Bv = w \}\]

What is true about the row space of a matrix $\mathrm{row}(A)$ and the row space of a matrix $\mathrm{row}(R)$ in its RRE form?

They are equal, $\mathrm{row}(A) = \mathrm{row}(R)$.

What is true about the column space of a matrix $A$ and the column space of a matrix $R$ in its RRE form?

They are not necessarily equal.

What is true about the row rank of a matrix $\mathrm{rowrank}(A)$ and the column rank $\mathrm{colrank}(A)$?

They are equal, $\mathrm{rowrank}(A) = \mathrm{colrank}(A)$.

In general, the column space of a matrix $\mathrm{col}(A)$ is not the same as the column space of its RRE form $\mathrm{col}(R)$. What, however, is true about the column rank?

\[\mathrm{colrank}(A) = \mathrm{colrank}(R)\]

Given a vector space $V$ over $\mathbb{F}$, @State the two conditions for $B : V\times V \to \mathbb{F}$ to be a bilinear form.

  • $B(\alpha u + \beta v, w) = \alpha B(u, w) + \beta B(v, w)$
  • $B(u, \alpha v + \beta w) = \alpha B(u, v) + \beta B(u, w)$

What is any bilinear form $B(v, w)$ equivalent to for $x$ and $y$ being the coordinate representations of $v$ and $w$ with respect to some basis?

\[B(v, w) = \underline{x}A\underline{y}^\intercal\]
\[B(X, Y) = \underline{x}A\underline{y}^\intercal\]

What matrix is $A$ here?

The Gram matrix of $B$ with respect to the basis being used.

Given a set of vectors $v _ 1, v _ 2, \ldots v _ k \in V$, @Define the Gram matrix $A \in \mathbb{F}^{k \times k}$ of a bilinear form $B$ with respect to the vectors.

\[a _ {ij} = B(v _ i, v _ j)\]

@Define what it means for a bilinear form $B$ to be symmetric.

\[B(v _ 1, v _ 2) = B(v _ 2, v _ 1)\]

What is true about the Gram matrix of a symmetric bilinear form $B$?

It is a symmetric matrix.