Exercise 4.1.1 T[x_]:=Array[Sum[x[[j]],{j,6-#}]&,4] U=Table[Subscripted[u[i]],{i,5}]; U1=Table[Subscripted[u1[i]],{i,5}]; U2=Table[Subscripted[u2[i]],{i,5}]; T[U] a) T[U1+U2]-T[U1]-T[U2] T[k U]-k T[U]//Simplify b) e=IdentityMatrix[5] Do[Print[T[e[[i]]]],{i,5}] Exercise 4.1.2 U={{1,1,1,0}, {1,1,0,0}, {1,0,0,0}}; a) NullSpace[U] Clear[T] <False] Clear[T] T[v_]:=Sum[Projection[v,B[[i]]],{i,5}] v={1,2,3,4,5,6,7}; T[v] Clear[v] V=Table[Subscripted[v[i]],{i,7}]; V1=Table[Subscripted[v1[i]],{i,7}]; V2=Table[Subscripted[v2[i]],{i,7}]; T[V1+V2]-T[V1]-T[V2]//Expand T[k V]-k T[V]//Expand Exercise 4.1.4 Do[p[i]=(x-2)^(i-1),{i,6}] B=Transpose[Table[Coefficient[p[i],x,j-1],{i,6},{j,6}]]; B//MatrixForm a) NullSpace[B] b) IB=Inverse[B]; IB//MatrixForm Clear[T] T[p_]:=IB.Table[Coefficient[p,x,i-1],{i,6}] p0=Sum[Subscripted[a0[i-1]]x^(i-1),{i,6}]; p1=Sum[Subscripted[a1[i-1]]x^(i-1),{i,6}]; p2=Sum[Subscripted[a2[i-1]]x^(i-1),{i,6}]; T[p1+p2]-T[p1]-T[p2]//Simplify T[k p0]-k T[p0]//Simplify c) Do[Print[T[x^i]],{i,5}] d) T[Sum[Subscripted[a[i-1]]x^(i-1),{i,6}]] Exercise 4.1.5 Clear[u,U] u[i_]:=Table[Subscripted[a[i,j]],{j,5}] U[i_]:=Table[Subscripted[b[i,j]],{j,5}] L[v_]:=Det[{u[1],u[2],u[3],u[4],v}] L[U[1]+U[2]]-L[U[1]]-L[U[2]] k L[U[0]]-L[k U[0]]//Expand