Previous year question paper for MATH-LA (BA/BSC 6th)

Unit-I

Vector  Space: Definition and Examples of Vector Spaces, Subspaces, Algebra of subspaces, Linear span, Linear dependence and independence of vectors, Basis and dimension of a vector space, Basis and dimension of subspace, Direct sums and complements Linear transformations, Rank and Nullity of a linear transformation, Vector space of linear transformations

Unit-II

Linear transformations and matrices, Change of basis. Characteristic roots and characteristic vectors, an Algebraic and Geometric multiplicity of a characteristic value, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, Diagonalizable operators and matrices. Minimal polynomial of a linear operator (matrix).