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Math 407 Summer 06 Quiz 07-06

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Problem A
We can define a basis function  B as a one to one mapping from the set of equation indices  \{ 1 , \ldots , m \} into the set of variable indices  \{ 1 , \ldots , n \} . If  m = 2 and  n = 2 , there are two possible basis functions  B^1 and  B^2 defined by  \[
     \begin{array}{cc}
     B^1 (1) = 1 & B^1 (2) = 2 \\
     B^2 (1) = 2 & B^2 (2) = 1
     \end{array} 
\] 
In the case  m = 2 and  n = 3 , there are six possible basis functions. Of these, the functions that map the argument 1 to the value 1 are defined by  \[
     \begin{array}{cc}
     B^1 (1) = 1 & B^1 (2) = 2 \\
     B^2 (1) = 1 & B^2 (2) = 3
     \end{array} 
\] 
What are the other four basis functions ?

Solution
The other four basis functions  B^3 ,  B^4 ,  B^5 and  B^6 can be defined by  \[
     \begin{array}{cc}
     B^3 (1) = 2 & B^3 (2) = 1 \\
     B^4 (1) = 2 & B^4 (2) = 3 \\
     B^5 (1) = 3 & B^5 (2) = 1 \\
     B^6 (1) = 3 & B^6 (2) = 2 
     \end{array} 
\] 


Problem B
Suppose that  b1 and  a12 are known numbers and we have the equation
     x1 = b1 - a12 * x2 
Further suppose that  B1 and  A12 are known numbers and we have the equation
     x1 = B1 - A12 * x2 
Show that if every solution  (x1, x2) of the first equation is also a solution of the second equation, then  B1 = b1 and  A12 = a12. (Hint, see equation 3.2 and 3.3 in the text.)

Solution
It follows that for all  x2,
     b1 - a12 * x2 = B1 - A12 * x2
     b1 - B1       = (a12 - A12) * x2
The left hand side does not depend on  x2, hence
     (a12 - A12) = 0
If this argument does not convince you, substitute  x2 = 2 and  x2 = 1 to conclude that the following must hold
      b1 - B1 = 2 * (a12 - A12)
      b1 - B1 = 1 * (a12 - A12)
Subtracting the second equation from the first we obtain
     (a12 - A12) = 0
Thus we have  a12 = A12. In addition, we have
        b1 - B1  = (a12 - A12) * x2 = 0 * x2 = 0
Thus we also have  b1 = B1.
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