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posted by  Duke12 on 4/27/2008 12:52:38 AM  |  status: Live  

Finding basis and stating the dimension of subspace

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Linear Algebra Linear Algebra and Its Applications 3rd by Lay, Stade 4.5 N/A
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For a subspace {(a,b,c,d}:a,b,c,d , a-3b+d=0 , c-2d=0},
A) Find a basis
B) State the dimension
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posted by gomorycut on 4/27/2008 1:21:47 AM  |  status: Live
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(a,b,c,d) is in the subspace if a,b,c, and d satisfy the system:
 
a - 3b + d = 0
c - 2d = 0
 
So if d = parameter t, then c = 2t
And if b = parameter r, then a = 3b - d = 3r - t
So the solution set is
(a,b,c,d) = (3r - t, r, 2t, t)
= (3r, r, 0, 0) + (-t, 0, 2t, t)
= r(3,1,0,0) + t(-1,0,2,1)
 
and so the basis is { (3,1,0,0) , (-1,0,2,1) } which is a subspace of dimenion 2 since there are two basis vectors.

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