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Quiz 1: Introduction

  1. True/False: A scalar is a quantity with both magnitude and direction.
  2. Short Answer: Give two real-world applications of linear algebra.
  3. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a vector?
    a) Temperature
    b) Force
    c) Time
    d) Mass

Quiz 2: Systems of Equations

  1. True/False: A homogeneous system of linear equations always has at least one solution.
  2. Short Answer: Describe the difference between Gaussian elimination and row reduction.
  3. Multiple Choice: If a system has infinitely many solutions, it is:
    a) Consistent and independent
    b) Consistent and dependent
    c) Inconsistent

Quiz 3: Matrices and Operations

  1. True/False: The product of two identity matrices is always another identity matrix.
  2. Short Answer: What condition must hold for two matrices to be added?
  3. Compute: Let \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \) and \( B = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \). Find \( A + B \).

Quiz 4: Determinants

  1. True/False: The determinant of a matrix is zero if all its elements are zero.
  2. Short Answer: State Cramer’s Rule for solving a system of linear equations.
  3. Compute: Find the determinant of \( \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 5: Vector Spaces

  1. True/False: Every vector space must contain a zero vector.
  2. Short Answer: Define “linear independence” for a set of vectors.
  3. Multiple Choice: Which is a subspace of \( \mathbb{R}^2 \)?
    a) The line \( y = x + 1 \)
    b) The line \( y = 2x \)
    c) The unit circle

Quiz 6: Linear Transformations

  1. True/False: A linear transformation preserves vector addition and scalar multiplication.
  2. Short Answer: What is the kernel of a linear transformation?
  3. Multiple Choice: The matrix representation of a linear transformation depends on:
    a) Only the basis of the domain
    b) Only the basis of the codomain
    c) Both the domain and codomain bases

Quiz 7: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

  1. True/False: A diagonalizable matrix must have distinct eigenvalues.
  2. Short Answer: What is the characteristic polynomial used for?
  3. Compute: If \( A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & 1 \ 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix} \), find its eigenvalues.

Quiz 8: Inner Product Spaces

  1. True/False: The dot product of two orthogonal vectors is zero.
  2. Short Answer: What does the norm of a vector represent?
  3. Multiple Choice: The Gram-Schmidt process is used to:
    a) Find eigenvalues
    b) Orthogonalize a set of vectors
    c) Compute determinants

Quiz 9: Applications

  1. True/False: Matrices are never used in computer graphics.
  2. Short Answer: Name one application of eigenvalues in real-world problems.
  3. Multiple Choice: Markov processes use matrices to model:
    a) Systems of differential equations
    b) Probabilistic state transitions
    c) Least-squares data fitting

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Quiz 10: Diagonalization and Similarity

  1. True/False: Every matrix has a diagonal matrix that is similar to it.
  2. Short Answer: What does it mean for two matrices to be similar?
  3. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is necessary for a matrix to be diagonalizable?
    a) The matrix must have at least one eigenvalue.
    b) The matrix must have distinct eigenvalues.
    c) The matrix must have enough linearly independent eigenvectors.

Quiz 11: Orthogonality and Projections

  1. True/False: If two vectors are orthogonal, their dot product is non-zero.
  2. Short Answer: How do you project a vector \( \mathbf{v} \) onto a vector \( \mathbf{u} \)?
  3. Compute: Find the projection of \( \mathbf{v} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix} \) onto \( \mathbf{u} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 0 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 12: Matrix Factorizations

  1. True/False: The LU decomposition of a matrix is always possible.
  2. Short Answer: Describe the difference between the LU decomposition and QR decomposition of a matrix.
  3. Compute: Find the LU decomposition of \( \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 3 \ 6 & 3 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 13: Systems of Linear Equations (Advanced)

  1. True/False: A system of linear equations can have at most one solution.
  2. Short Answer: What is the rank of a matrix, and how does it relate to the solution of a system of linear equations?
  3. Compute: Solve the system of equations using matrix methods:
    \( 2x + y = 5 \)
    \( 4x + 3y = 11 \)

Quiz 14: Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)

  1. True/False: The singular value decomposition (SVD) of a matrix can always be computed.
  2. Short Answer: What is the significance of the singular values in the SVD of a matrix?
  3. Compute: Find the SVD of the matrix \( \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 15: Change of Basis

  1. True/False: A change of basis involves converting the vector representation from one coordinate system to another.
  2. Short Answer: How do you compute the new coordinates of a vector after changing the basis?
  3. Compute: Given the matrix \( P = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \) and the vector \( \mathbf{v} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix} \), find the coordinates of \( \mathbf{v} \) in the new basis defined by \( P \).

Quiz 16: Rank-Nullity Theorem

  1. True/False: The rank of a matrix is always equal to the number of its rows.
  2. Short Answer: State the rank-nullity theorem.
  3. Compute: Find the rank and nullity of the matrix \( \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 & 6 \ \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 17: Determinants (Advanced)

  1. True/False: A matrix with a non-zero determinant is always invertible.
  2. Short Answer: Explain how the determinant of a matrix relates to the volume of a parallelepiped in \( \mathbb{R}^n \).
  3. Compute: Find the determinant of the matrix \( \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \ 0 & 1 & 4 \ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 18: Tensor Operations

  1. True/False: A tensor is a generalization of matrices to higher dimensions.
  2. Short Answer: What is the difference between a scalar, a vector, a matrix, and a tensor?
  3. Compute: Given the tensor \( T = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \), compute the outer product of \( \mathbf{a} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix} \) and \( \mathbf{b} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 19: Spectral Theorem

  1. True/False: Every symmetric matrix is diagonalizable.
  2. Short Answer: State the spectral theorem and its significance for symmetric matrices.
  3. Compute: Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix \( \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 1 \ 1 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \).

Quiz 20: Least Squares and Optimization

  1. True/False: The least squares method is used to find the best approximation of an overdetermined system.
  2. Short Answer: How does the least squares method minimize the residual error in a linear system?
  3. Compute: Use the least squares method to fit a line \( y = mx + b \) to the data points \( (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 5) \).

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