Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Linear Transformations - 6.3 The Kernel and Range of a Linear Transformation - Problems - Page 406: 8

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Let $x=(x,y)\in R^2$ We have: $T(x)=ax\rightarrow T(x,y)=\begin{bmatrix} -\frac{5}{3} & -\frac{2}{3}\\ \frac{1}{3} & \frac{1}{3} \\ \frac{5}{3} & -\frac{5}{3}\\ -1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x\\ y \end{bmatrix}=(-\frac{5}{3}x-\frac{2}{3}y,\frac{1}{3}x+\frac{1}{3}y,\frac{5}{3}-\frac{1}{3}y,-x+y)$ Obtain: $Ker (T)=\{x \in R^3: T(x)=0\}\\ =\{(x,y,z)\in R^3: T(x,y,z)=(0,0,0)\\ =\{(x,y,z)\in R^3:(x+3y+2z,2x+6y+5z)=(0,0)$ We have the system: $-\frac{5}{3}x-\frac{2}{3}y=0\\ \frac{1}{3}x+\frac{1}{3}y=0\\ \frac{5}{3}x-\frac{5}{3}y=0\\ -x+y=0\\\rightarrow x=y=0$ Thus, $Ker (T)=\{(0,0):z \in R\} \rightarrow \dim [Ker (T)]=1$ Then, $Rng(T)=\{ T(x):x \in R^3 \}\\ =span \{(-\frac{5}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{5}{3},-1);(-\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{3},-\frac{1}{3},1)\}\\ \rightarrow Rng(T)=span (\{ -\frac{5}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{5}{3},-1);(-\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{3},-\frac{1}{3},1)\}$
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