(a) (3%) Compute rank(A).

[4 points] (b) Find a basis of null space of A.

[4 points] (c) Find a3 and a4.

(a) Compute the rank of matrix A (10%)

(b) Find the nullity of matrix BTA (10%)

(b) (2%) Compute rank(AB).

(c) (3%) Compute rank(AtAAAt).

(d) (2%) Compute dim(N(Bt A)).

(10%) The nullities of the matrices BBT - λ/ for  λ= 0, 1,2,3, 4  are______,________,_________,_______ respectively. 

(13%) Given a vector space V over F. Define the dual space of V* of V as the set of all functions (also known as linear functionals) from V to F, i.e, V* {f|f : V →F}. It is obvious that V* is itself also a vector space with the addition + :V*'x V*→ V* and scalar multiplication * : F x V*→  V* defined as pointwise addition as well as pointwise scalar multiplication. Given any linear transformation T : V→  W. The transpose Tt is a linear transformation from W* to V* defined by Tt(f) = fT for any f W*. For every subset S of V, we define the annihilator Suppose V, W are both finite-dimensional vector spaces and T : V → W is linear. Prove that .N(Tt) = (R(T))0.

(12%) Let V be a finite-dimensional vector space and T :V →V be linear. Suppose rank(T) = rank(T2). Prove that R(T) ∩N(T) = {0}.