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Appendix RQ Reading Questions

WILA Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Whether a given equation is linear
Reading Question 2 Solve a linear system, 2 equations, 2 unknowns
Reading Question 3 Usefulness of linear systems

SSLE Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Number of solutions of a linear system
Reading Question 2 Number of solutions of a different linear system
Reading Question 3 How mathematics is a language

RREF Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Matrix in RREF?
Reading Question 2 Calculate RREF of a matrix
Reading Question 3 Calculate system’s solution set, report RREF

TSS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 How to analyze consistency?
Reading Question 2 How to identify independent/dependent variables?
Reading Question 3 Possibilities for solution sets

HSE Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Solution set of a homogeneous system
Reading Question 2 Solution set with more variables than equations
Reading Question 3 Null space in words

NM Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Definition of nonsingular
Reading Question 2 How to recognize nonsingular?
Reading Question 3 Solution set of system with nonsingular coefficient matrix

VO Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Seen vectors before?
Reading Question 2 Equality of vectors
Reading Question 3 Calculate scalar multiplication and adding vectors

LC Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Write linear system as vector equality
Reading Question 2 Calculate linear combination equal to vector
Reading Question 3 Calculate vector form of a solution set

SS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Is vector in span?
Reading Question 2 Another is vector in span?
Reading Question 3 Calculate spanning set of a null space

LI Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Is a set linearly independent?
Reading Question 2 Is another set linearly independent?
Reading Question 3 Connect linear (in)dependence to (non)singularity

LDS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Caclulate linear combination from dependent set
Reading Question 2 "Dependent" in definition of linear dependence
Reading Question 3 Prefer linearly dependent spanning set?

O Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Given set orthogonal?
Reading Question 2 Orthogonal vs orthonormal
Reading Question 3 Output of Gram-Schmidt process

MO Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate sum and scalar mult of matrices
Reading Question 2 Vector space of matrices
Reading Question 3 Calculate transpose

MM Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Matrix-vector product
Reading Question 2 Calculate product of two matrices
Reading Question 3 Matrix-vector product form of a linear system

MISLE Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate inverse of a \(2\times 2\) matrix
Reading Question 2 Calculate inverse of a \(3\times 3\) matrix
Reading Question 3 Title of Theorem SS

MINM Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate inverse, solve system
Reading Question 2 Inverse doesn’t exist
Reading Question 3 Unitary or not

CRS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Span of a column space
Reading Question 2 Column space of a nonsingular matrix
Reading Question 3 Vector in row space?

FS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate element of left null space
Reading Question 2 Calculate parts of extended echelon form
Reading Question 3 Significance of Theorem FS

VS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Complex vector space
Reading Question 2 Calculate linear combination in Crazy Vector Space
Reading Question 3 Why prove things about the zero vector?

S Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Subspace test
Reading Question 2 Apply the subspace test
Reading Question 3 Name five subspaces

LISS Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Linear dependence of set of matrices
Reading Question 2 Span vs. spans
Reading Question 3 Linear combination of vectors in linearly independent set

B Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Columns of a nonsingular matrix
Reading Question 2 Linear combination of columns
Reading Question 3 Why desire orthonormal?

D Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate dimension of \(P_6\)
Reading Question 2 Relate rank and nullity
Reading Question 3 Rank of a nonsingular matrix

PD Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Title of Theorem G
Reading Question 2 Theorem RMRT surprising
Reading Question 3 Calculate dimensions of the 4 subspaces

DM Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate a Specific Elementary Matrix
Reading Question 2 Calculate a \(3\times 3\) Determinant
Reading Question 3 Calculate a \(5\times 5\) Determinant

PDM Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Use a Determinant Property
Reading Question 2 Another Nonsingular Equivalence
Reading Question 3 Determinant and Matrix Multiplication

EE Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Calculate Eigenvalues of a \(2\times 2\) Matrix
Reading Question 2 Calculate Corresponding Eigenspaces of Previous Question
Reading Question 3 Evaluate a Polynomial Expression of Previous Matrix

PEE Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Eigenvalues of a Nonsingular Matrix
Reading Question 2 Maximum Number of Distinct Eigenvalues
Reading Question 3 Eigenvalues of a Hermitian Matrix

SD Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Equivalence Relation
Reading Question 2 Characterization of Diagonalizable
Reading Question 3 Calculate a Diagonalization

LT Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Linear Transformation or Not?
Reading Question 2 Calculate Matrix Representation
Reading Question 3 Theorem LTLC

ILT Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Why Not Injective?
Reading Question 2 Kernel of an Injective Linear Transformation
Reading Question 3 Relate Theorem KPI to Theorem PSPHS

SLT Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Why Not Surjective?
Reading Question 2 Range of a Surjective Linear Transformation
Reading Question 3 Injective vs Surjective

IVLT Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Conditions for Invertibility
Reading Question 2 Isomorphic Vector Spaces
Reading Question 3 Linear Transformations vs Linear Systems

VR Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Two isomorphic vector spaces
Reading Question 2 Compute a vector representation relative to a basis
Reading Question 3 First surprise?

MR Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Why is Theorem FTMR called fundamental?
Reading Question 2 Calculate a matrix representation of a linear transformation
Reading Question 3 Second surprise?

CB Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Change-of-basis matrix as a matrix representation
Reading Question 2 Calculate a change-of-basis matrix
Reading Question 3 Third surprise?

OD Reading Questions

Reading Question 1 Name three classes of normal matrices
Reading Question 2 Theorem UTMR and Theorem OD
Reading Question 3 Importance of an orthonormal basis composed of eigenvectors