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Let u, v and w be three vectors in 3 in which the components of each vector are integers.

(a) Prove that the volume of the parallelepiped determined by u, v and w is an integer.

(b) Find examples of vectors u and v with integer components that show that the area of the parallelogram determined by u and v can be either an integer or an irrational number.

Short Answer

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(a) The volume of the parallelepiped determined by u, v and w is an integer because it involves only addition, subtraction and multiplication.

(b) Hence we prove that the area of the parallelogram determined by u and v can be either an integer or an irrational number.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given Information

Let u, v and w be three vectors in 3 in which the components of each vector are integers.

(a) Prove that the volume of the parallelepiped determined by u, v and w is an integer.

(b) Find examples of vectors u and v with integer components that show that the area of the parallelogram determined by u and v can be either an integer or an irrational number.

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Part (a) Step 1. Now proving that the volume of the parallelepiped determined by u, v and w is an integer.

As we know Volumeoftheparallelepiped=u·(v×w)

Let u=(3,1,4),v=(2,0,5),andw=(1,3,13)that value is integer.

Now finding the value ofu·(v×w)

u·(v×w)=det-31-42051313u·(v×w)=-305313-125113-42013u·(v×w)=-3(0×13-5×3)-1(2×13-5×1)-4(2×3-0×1)u·(v×w)=-3(0-15)-1(26-5)-4(6-0)u·(v×w)=45-21-24u·(v×w)=0

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Part (a) Step 2. The value of u·(v×w)=0 which is integer.

The volume of the parallelepiped determined by u, v and w is the absolute value of the determinant of the matrix in which the rows are the components of u, v and w. Since each component is an integer, the determinant and its absolute value are integers.

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Part (b) Step 1. We have to show that the area of the parallelogram determined by u and v can be either an integer or an irrational number.

Let theu=iandv=j

u×v=ijk100010u×v=i0010-j1000+k1001u×v=i(0-0)-j(0-0)+k(1-0u×v=k

The area of the parallelogram

u×v=12u×v=1

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Part (b) Step 2. Let u=i and v=j+k

u×v=ijk100011u×v=i0011-j1001+k1001u×v=i(0-0)-j(1-0)+k(1-0)u×v=-j+k

The area of the parallelogram

u×v=(-1)2+12u×v=1+1u×v=2

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