Paper 1, Section II, E

Linear Algebra | Part IB, 2013

If V1V_{1} and V2V_{2} are vector spaces, what is meant by V1⊕V2V_{1} \oplus V_{2} ? If V1V_{1} and V2V_{2} are subspaces of a vector space VV, what is meant by V1+V2V_{1}+V_{2} ?

Stating clearly any theorems you use, show that if V1V_{1} and V2V_{2} are subspaces of a finite dimensional vector space VV, then

dim⁡V1+dim⁡V2=dim⁡(V1∩V2)+dim⁡(V1+V2)\operatorname{dim} V_{1}+\operatorname{dim} V_{2}=\operatorname{dim}\left(V_{1} \cap V_{2}\right)+\operatorname{dim}\left(V_{1}+V_{2}\right)

Let V1,V2⊂R4V_{1}, V_{2} \subset \mathbb{R}^{4} be subspaces with bases

V1=⟨(3,2,4,−1),(1,2,1,−2),(−2,3,3,2)⟩V2=⟨(1,4,2,4),(−1,1,−1,−1),(3,1,2,0)⟩.\begin{gathered} V_{1}=\langle(3,2,4,-1),(1,2,1,-2),(-2,3,3,2)\rangle \\ V_{2}=\langle(1,4,2,4),(-1,1,-1,-1),(3,1,2,0)\rangle . \end{gathered}

Find a basis ⟨v1,v2⟩\left\langle\mathbf{v}_{1}, \mathbf{v}_{2}\right\rangle for V1∩V2V_{1} \cap V_{2} such that the first component of v1\mathbf{v}_{1} and the second component of v2\mathbf{v}_{2} are both 0 .

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