lunes, 7 de abril de 2014

Bases for subspaces and how to find them.


Definition.
Let S be a subspace of Rn. A set B of vectors is a basis for S if
1. Span(B) = S,
2. B is linearly independent.


Fact 1. A basis of S is a largest collection of linearly independent vectors in S.


Fact 2. A basis of S is a smallest collection of vectors spanning S. Fact 3. All bases of S have the same number of vectors.


Row-reduction method to find a basis.


Let S = Span({u1,u2,...,uk}).
-Arrange
uis as rows of a matrix, call it A.
-Find
rref(A).
-The set of nonzero rows of
rref(A) forms a basis of S



Example







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