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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 ia Paper 1 5C Solution by
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To find the kernel of a linear map, perform the row operations and , followed by . The equivalent homogeneous equations areThe resulting determinant is . If all coordinates vanish. At only remains; at the equations give , . Therefore kernel bases areThe empty family is the basis of the zero vector subspace.
For the change of basis, let be the matrices whose columns are the two ordered bases in standard coordinates. Then , so with . If and represent the same linear map in the two bases, and also . Therefore , andFor the concrete bases, their vectors satisfy , , . These coordinate columns giveAt , every row of is , so every row of is . Multiplying on the left by the displayed inverse givesThe original PDF asks for this full product; its final factor is missing from the converted TeX.
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