Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 6 - 7 - Cumulative Test - Page 389: 5

Answer

$\{(a,a,s,-s):\text{$a,s$ are real}\}$.

Work Step by Step

The kernel of a linear map $T : A → B$, is the set of all elements $v$ in $A$ for which $T(v) = 0$, where $0$ is the zero vector in B. Hence, here we need $x_1-x_2=0\\x_1=x_2$, $x_2-x_1=0\\x_1=x_2$,$x_3+x_4=0\\x_3=-x_4.$ Thus the kernel is $\{(a,a,s,-s):\text{$a,s$ are real}\}$.
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