# True or false linear transformation

• October 4th 2008, 06:34 AM
cindy
True or false linear transformation
Are the following true or false? If it is true, prove it, if it is false give a counter example (and proof that your counter example is true).

1) If T is a linear transformation such that T: $R^2$ -> $R^3$, T can't be one to one.

2) If a matrix has characteristic polynomial $f(x) = (x-2)^2(x+4)(x-4)$, then the matrx is not diagonalizable.
• October 4th 2008, 07:40 AM
bkarpuz
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Originally Posted by cindy
Are the following true or false? If it is true, prove it, if it is false give a counter example (and proof that your counter example is true).

1) If T is a linear transformation such that T: $R^2$ -> $R^3$, T can't be one to one.

$T(x,y)=(x,y,0)$ is one to one.
May be you should ask $T:\mathbb{R}^{3}\to\mathbb{R}^{2}$?
• October 5th 2008, 08:37 PM
ThePerfectHacker
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Originally Posted by cindy
1) If T is a linear transformation such that T: $R^2$ -> $R^3$, T can't be one to one.

Like bkarpuz said it should be the other way around if you want to have an impossibility.
In general $T: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^m$ is not one-to-one if $n>m$ by rank-nullity theorem.

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2) If a matrix has characteristic polynomial $f(x) = (x-2)^2(x+4)(x-4)$, then the matrx is not diagonalizable.
$\begin{bmatrix} 2&0&0&0\\0&2&0&0\\0&0&-4&0\\0&0&0&4 \end{bmatrix}$