Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Linear Transformations - 6.4 Additional Properties of Linear Transformation - Problems - Page 418: 31

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Define $T:R^3 \rightarrow V$ by $T(a,b,c)=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & a & b\\ -a & 0 & c\\ -b & -c & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ Assume $x_1=(a,b,c),(d,e,f) \in R^3\\ \alpha \in R$ Obtain: $T((a,b,c)+(d,e,f)=T((a+d,b+e,c+f))\\ =\begin{bmatrix} 0 & a+d & b+e\\ -(a+d) & 0 & c+f\\ -(b+e) & -(c+f) & 0 \end{bmatrix}\\ =\begin{bmatrix} 0 & a & b\\ -a & 0 & c\\ -b & -c & 0 \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} 0 & d & e\\ -d & 0 & f\\ -e & -f & 0 \end{bmatrix}\\ =T(a,b,c)+T(d,e,f)$ then $T(\alpha (a,b,c))=T(\alpha a,\alpha b, \alpha c)\\ =\begin{bmatrix} 0 & \alpha a & \alpha b\\ -\alpha a & 0 & \alpha c\\ -\alpha b & -\alpha c & 0 \end{bmatrix}\\ =\alpha \begin{bmatrix} 0 & a & b\\ -a & 0 & c\\ -b & -c & 0 \end{bmatrix}\\ =\alpha T(a,b,c)$ Hence, $T$ is a linear transformation. Obtain: $Ker(T)=\{x \in R^3:T (x)=0\}\\ =\{(a,b,c) \in R^3: T(a,b,c)=0\}\\ =\{(a,b,c) \in R^3:\begin{bmatrix} 0 & a & b\\ -a & 0 & c\\ -b & -c & 0 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\\ \rightarrow a=b=c=0$ then $Ker(T)=\{(0,0,0)\}=\{0\}$ $T$ is one-to-one (1) Apply Rank Nullity Theorem: $\dim [Ker(T)]+\dim [Rng(T)]=\dim R^3\\ 0+\dim [Rng(T)]=3\\ \dim [Rng(T)]=3$ $Rng(T) \subset V$ and $\dim V=3=\dim [Rng(T)]$ $T$ is onto (2) From $(1),(2)$, $T$ is an isomorphism.
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