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Math 4378/6309 (sections 10771/11247, f2f)
Spring 2026, January 20 - May 12

Advanced Linear Algebra II

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About writing solutions

Do not skip steps that are important. E.g., in 5.2 #13(a) there are two inclusions to prove in order to show the equality of the two eigenspaces. Same for 5.1, #9(a, b).
[Actually, in these cases it would suffice to say that one can do the same proof for \(T^{-1}\) because \((T^{-1})^{-1}=T\) etc.]

Please write the solutions with all the relevant details (including computations when needed).
 ASSIGNMENTS (FUTURE ONES MIGHT CHANGE)  
     Section    TO DO   Optional  
  5.1
page 256
4(d), 5(d), 9(a,b), 16(a) 1s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 8, 9(c), 12, 13, 15do, 20, 21, 22d, 23
5.2
page 277 (direct sums)
2(b, d, f), 3(b), 8, 13 1s, 2s, 3s, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12*o, 14, 21, 22, 23
5.4
page 319
5, 6(b,d), 17* (use one Thm from this section), 18(a, b), 21 1s, 2s, 3, 4, 8, 11, 13 & 14, 20*, 25, 26
6.1
page 334
5 [Hint: for checking prop (d), can use that \(Re(\imath z_1 \bar{z_2})\le |z_1| |z_2|\), which leads to an inequality for real numbers],
9, 10do, 11, 12
1s, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22
6.2 A
page 350
2(a, h), 3 1s (d, e, f, g), 17
6.2 B
page 350
12, 16, 19(c) and 20(c) 1s, 6, 11o [Note that this is an "if and only if" statement, so both implications should be addressed], 13 (see 23* too), 14, 15
  6.3
page 362
2(b, c), 3(b), 8, 9, 11, 20s, 22(c) 1s, 2(a,c)s, 3(a,c)s, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14s, 15, 18do, 19, 21s, 22
  6.4
page 371
2(b,d,f) [one method: use an o.n. basis in each space],
4, 9, 10, 11, 12
1s, 2s, 3, 6, 7 (see 8 too), 8*, 14, 15, 16, 17-19, 20 & 22
  6.5
page 389
2(b,e), 8, 10 [Hint: can use that the change of coordinate matrix between two o.n. bases is unitary/orthogonal] 1, 5s, 7o (the scalars must be the complex numbers), 9
  6.5 cont'ed 13, 17 [Hint: can use problem 19 in section 6.3 (no need to assume the columns are different); see also the proof in the textbook of Thm. 6.16],
19
21, 23 (can derive this from Thm. 6.22)
  6.6
page 400
3 (b, e); 7 (b,c,d) [hint: use (a)]
For #3: what you have to do is explicitly find the projections (that is, their matrices), check that these are indeed orthogonal projections, and check (d), (e) of Thm. 6.25.
1s, 2s, 3s, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
  7.1
page 487
Jordan normal form, due in 1870 to Camille Jordan (1838 - 1922)
2 (a, d) [Hint for (d): eigenvalues are 2,2,3,3], 3 (b), 4do 1s, 2s, 3s, 7
  7.2
page 502
2, 4 (a,b,c), 5 (b, c, f) 1s, 5, 6 and 7
  7.3
page 515
2 (a, b, d) 1s, 8, 9, 10, 13 (minimal polynomial from Jordan normal form)