Paper 4, Section I, F

Linear Algebra | Part IB, 2016

For which real numbers xx do the vectors

(x,1,1,1),(1,x,1,1),(1,1,x,1),(1,1,1,x),(x, 1,1,1), \quad(1, x, 1,1), \quad(1,1, x, 1), \quad(1,1,1, x),

not form a basis of R4\mathbb{R}^{4} ? For each such value of xx, what is the dimension of the subspace of R4\mathbb{R}^{4} that they span? For each such value of xx, provide a basis for the spanned subspace, and extend this basis to a basis of R4\mathbb{R}^{4}.

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