Show that the set of all 3 by 3 upper triangular matrices forms afinite dimensional subspace of the space of all 3 by 3 real matrices. Determine the dimension and find a basis for the space.

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2022-09-05

Show that the set of all 3 by 3 upper triangular matrices forms afinite dimensional subspace of the space of all 3 by 3 real matrices. Determine the dimension and find a basis for the space.

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Dana Chung

Dana Chung

Beginner2022-09-06Added 14 answers

A 3 by 3 upper triangular looks like | a b c 0 d e 0 0 f | where the letters can be any numbers.
Now if you add two upper triangular you get an upper triangular. If you multiply an upper triangular by a number you get an upper triangular. This shows that the upper triangular form a vector subspace of the vector space of all 3 by 3 matrices. Now the vector space of all 3 by 3 has a dimension of 9. The dimension of the upper triangular is 6 with basis consisting of the 6 matrices: | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | , | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | , | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | , | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | , | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | , | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | .

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