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Let $T$ be a linear transformation on $\mathbb{R}^{4}$ whose standard matrix is $\left(\begin{array}{rrrr} 1 & -1 & -1 & -1\\ 1 & 1 & 1 & -1\\ 1 & 1 & -1 & 1\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end{array}\right).$ Does there exist a $3$-dimensional subspace of $\mathbb{R}^{4}$, $V$, and a linear transformation $S$ on $\mathbb{R}^{4}$ such that $S(\mathbf{v})=T(\mathbf{v})$ for all $\mathbf{v}\in V$ and $\left\Vert S(\mathbf{x})\right\Vert _{1}\le2$ for all $\mathbf{x}\in\mathbb{R}^{4}$ with $\left\Vert \mathbf{x}\right\Vert _{1}=1$?

Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.

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    **Please** stop deleting questions.2011-11-05

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Let $(1,1,0,0),(0,1,0,1),(0,0,1,1)$ be a basis for your subspace. And let

$S = \left(\begin{matrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & -2 \\ 2 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\end{matrix}\right).$

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    @Weltschmerz: sadly I don't know. Anyway, It seems to me that if we were using the Euclidean norm (which is induced by the inner product) instead of the Manhattan norm, the question might become easier. I suspect that then these subspaces are more tractable by looking at the eigenvectors of $T$. This is because if $v_1,\dots,v_k$ is an orthonormal basis for $V$, then we can extend it into an orthonormal basis for the whole space and define $S$ by $S(v_j) = T(v_j)$ for $j=1,\dots,k$ and $S(v) = 0$ for the other basis vectors. The norm of $S$ will be the norm of $T|V$.2011-11-02