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: 9

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Let $x=(x,y)\in R^2$ We have: $T(x)=ax\rightarrow T(x,y)=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 2 & -6 & 3\\ -2 & 3 & -1 &2 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x\\ y\\z \\ v \end{bmatrix}=(3x+2y-6z+3v,-2x+3y-z+2v)$ Obtain: $Ker (T)=\{x \in R^4: T(x)=0\}\\ =\{(x,y,z,v)\in R^4: T(x,y,z)=(0,0)\\ =\{(x,y,z,v)\in R^4:(3x+2y-6z+3v,-2x+3y-z+2v)=(0,0)$ We have the system: $3x+2y-6z+3v=0\\ -2x+3y-z+2v=0\\ \rightarrow x=\frac{5}{3}x-\frac{16}{9}y\\ z=\frac{4}{3}x-\frac{5}{9}y$ Thus, $Ker (T)=\{(x,y,\frac{4}{3}x-\frac{5}{9}y,\frac{5}{3}x-\frac{16}{9}y):x,y \in R\}\\ =\{x(1,0,\frac{4}{3},\frac{5}{3})+y(0,1,-\frac{5}{9},-\frac{16}{9}):x,y \in R\}\\ =span\{(1,0,\frac{4}{3},\frac{5}{3});(0,1,-\frac{5}{9},-\frac{16}{9})\}\\ \rightarrow \dim [Ker (T)]=span \{(1,0,\frac{4}{3},\frac{5}{3});(0,1,-\frac{5}{9},-\frac{16}{9})\}$ Then, $Rng(T)=\{ T(x):x \in R^4\}\\ =span \{(3,-2);(2,3);(-6,-1);(3,2))\}$
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