Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ib/paper-2/1e/solution

The dual vector space is , the vector space of all linear functionals on . For a vector subspace , its annihilator of a vector subspace is
Given a basis , define by and extend linearly. If , evaluation at gives , so the are linearly independent. Every satisfies
so they also span and therefore form its dual basis.
Write . The condition is
Gaussian elimination gives and . Hence

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