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[SOLVED] Spanning sets of polynomial functions (urgent)
Which o the following are spanning sets for the vector space P2 of polynomial functions of degree [tex]\leq[/tex]2? (give reasons or your answers)
a.) 2, t^2, t, 2t^2 +3
b.)t+2, t^2 -1
I'm not entirely sure how to do this but i think i need to show that any vector in P2 can be written as a linear combination of the elements in the set.
So for a.) i wrote out the generic polynomial of P2 with scalar coefficients:
at^2 + bt + c= 2p + qt^2 + xt + 2yt^2 + 3z
In this case a = q+2y, b = x, c = 2p+3z
I then put this into an augmented matirx and reduced it to:
p 0 0 0 3z/a c/a
0 q 0 2y 0 a
0 0 x 0 0 b
I don't really know what i am supposed to do from here, i was just following a worked example but the conclusion is unclear in it and i don't knoaw what to do. I followed the same procedure or b.) and got this augmented matrix:
a -b/2 0 z/2
0 0 0 x-z
0 0 0 y+z
Im a bit unsure if this is right, but i don't know how to proceed. Any help please, urgent also.
Homework Statement
Which o the following are spanning sets for the vector space P2 of polynomial functions of degree [tex]\leq[/tex]2? (give reasons or your answers)
a.) 2, t^2, t, 2t^2 +3
b.)t+2, t^2 -1
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not entirely sure how to do this but i think i need to show that any vector in P2 can be written as a linear combination of the elements in the set.
So for a.) i wrote out the generic polynomial of P2 with scalar coefficients:
at^2 + bt + c= 2p + qt^2 + xt + 2yt^2 + 3z
In this case a = q+2y, b = x, c = 2p+3z
I then put this into an augmented matirx and reduced it to:
p 0 0 0 3z/a c/a
0 q 0 2y 0 a
0 0 x 0 0 b
I don't really know what i am supposed to do from here, i was just following a worked example but the conclusion is unclear in it and i don't knoaw what to do. I followed the same procedure or b.) and got this augmented matrix:
a -b/2 0 z/2
0 0 0 x-z
0 0 0 y+z
Im a bit unsure if this is right, but i don't know how to proceed. Any help please, urgent also.
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