Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Linear Transformations - 6.4 Additional Properties of Linear Transformation - Problems - Page 417: 11

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Since $A$ is $2 \times 2$ matrix, then $R^2 \rightarrow R^2$ Obtain: $Ker(T)=\{x \in R: T(x)=0\}\\ =\{ x \in R: Ax=0\}\\ =\{x \in R: \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 2\\ 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\begin {bmatrix} x \\ y\end{bmatrix}=0\}\\ =\{x \in R: \begin{bmatrix} 4x -2y\\ x- 3y \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}\}\\ =\{(0,0)\}$ Hence, $T$ is onto. Apply Rank Nullity Theorem: $\dim [Ker(T_2T_1)]+\dim [Rng(T)=\dim R\\ 0+\dim [Rng(T)]=2\\ \dim [Rng(T)]=2$ Since, $\dim R^2=2=\dim [Rng(T)]$ $\rightarrow T$ is onto. $\begin{vmatrix} 4 & 2 \\ 1 & 3 \end{vmatrix}=4\times 3 - 1 \times 2=10 \ne 0$ Hence, $T^{-1}$ is exist. We have: $T^{-1}x=A^{-1}x\\ \rightarrow A^{-1}=\frac{1}{\det A}\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -1\\ -2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}=\frac{1}{10}\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -1\\ -2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{3}{10} & -\frac{1}{10}\\ \frac{-1}{5} & \frac{2}{5} \end{bmatrix}\\ \rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} \frac{3}{10} & -\frac{1}{10}\\ \frac{-1}{5} & \frac{2}{5} \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x\\y \end{bmatrix}=(\frac{3}{10}x-\frac{1}{5}y,-\frac{1}{10}x+\frac{2}{5}y)$
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