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Example Question #8 : Linear Mapping
Let f be a homomorphism from to
. Can f be 1-to-1?
(Hint: look at the dimension of the domain and co-domain)
Yes
No
Not enough information
No
No, f can not be 1-to-1. The reason is because the domain has dimension 3 but the co-domain has dimension of 2. A mapping can not be 1-to-1 when the the dimension of the domain is greater than the dimension of the co-domain.
Example Question #9 : Linear Mapping
Often we can get information about a mapping by simply knowing the dimension of the domain and codomain.
Let f be a mapping from to
. Can f be onto?
(Hint look at the dimension of the domain and codomain)
No
Yes
Not enough information
No
No, f cannot be onto. The reason is because the dimension of the domain (2) is less than the dimension of the codomain(3).
For a function to be onto, the dimension of the domain must be less than or equal to the dimension of the codomain.
Example Question #10 : Linear Mapping
The previous two problems showed how the dimension of the domain and codomain can be used to predict if it is possible for the mapping to be 1-to-1 or onto. Now we'll apply that knowledge to isomorphism.
Let f be a mapping such that . Also the vector space V has dimension 4 and the vector space W has dimension 8. What property of isomorphism can f NOT satisify.
t-to-1
Preserve scalar multiplication
Onto
Preserve vector addition
Onto
f cannot be onto. The reason is because the domain, V, has a dimension less than the dimension of the codomain, W.
f can be 1-to-1 since the dimension of V is less-than-or-equal to the dimension of W. However, just because f can be 1-to-1 based off its dimension does not mean it is guaranteed.
f preserves both vector addition and scalar multiplication because it was stated to be a homomorphism in the problem statemenet. The definition of a homomorphism is a mapping that preserves both vector addition and scalar multiplication.
Example Question #871 : Linear Algebra
Let f be a mapping such that where
is the vector space of polynomials up to the
term. (ie polynomials of the form
)
Let f be defined such that
Is f a homomorphism?
No, because scalar multiplication is not preserved
Yes
No because vector addition is not preserved
No, because both scalar multiplication and vector addition is not preserved
Yes
f is a homomorphism because it preserves both vector addition and scalar multiplication.
To show this we need to prove both statements
Proof f preserves vector addition
Let u and v be arbitrary vectors in with the form
and
Consider . Applying the definition of f we get
This is the same thing as
Hence, f preserves vector addition because
Proof f preserves scalar multiplication
Let u be an arbitrary vector in with the form
and let k be an arbitrary real constant.
Consider
This is the same thing we get if we consider
Hence f preserves scalar multiplication because for all vectors u and scalars k.
Example Question #872 : Linear Algebra
Let f be a mapping such that where
is the vector space of polynomials up to the
term. (ie polynomials of the form
)
Let f be defined such that
Is f an isomorphism?
(Hint: The last problem we showed this particular f is a homomorphism)
Yes
No, f doesn't preserve vector addition and scalar multiplication
No, f is not 1-to-1
No, f is not onto
No, f is not onto
f is not onto. This is because not every vector in is in the image of f. For example, the vector
is not in the image of f. Hence, f is not onto.
We could also see this quicker by looking at the dimension of the domain and codomain. The domain has dimension 2 and the codomain
has dimension 3. A mapping can't be onto and have a domain with a lower dimension than the codomain.
Finally, we know f preserves vector addition and scalar multiplication because it is a homomorphism.
Example Question #11 : Linear Mapping
Consider the mapping such that
.
What is the the null space of ?
The vector
The line
The vector
To find the null space consider the equation
This gives a system of equations
The only solution to this system is
Thus the null space consists of the single vector
Example Question #493 : Operations And Properties
An important quantity for a linear map is the dimension of its image. This is called the rank.
Consider the mapping such that
.
What is the the rank of ?
To find the rank of , we first find the image of
. The image of
is any vector of form
where a is any real number. This is a line in
. Therefore the image of
is a 1 dimensional subspace. Thus the answer is 1.
Example Question #11 : Linear Mapping
Consider the mapping such that
.
What is the the rank of ?
The image is the space spanned by the vectors and
. The image has a basis of
vectors. Therefore the image has dimension
. Thus the rank is
.
Example Question #495 : Operations And Properties
The dimension of the domain can be used to learn about the dimension of the null space and the rank of a linear map.
Let be a linear map such that
. What is the maximum possible rank of
.
The maximum possible rank of a function is the dimension of the domain. The domain of is
. Therefore the maximum possible rank of
is
.
Example Question #496 : Operations And Properties
The dimension of the domain can be used to learn about the dimension of the null space and the rank of a linear map.
Let be a linear map such that
. What is the maximum dimension of the null space of
?
4
3
1
2
0
2
The null space is the subspace such that maps to the zero vector in the codomain. The largest possible null space is when the entire domain goes to the zero vector. The domain of
is
. Therefore the largest possible null space would be
which has a dimension of
. Thus the largest possible dimension for the null space is
.
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