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Chapter 4: Q20E (page 191)
Suppose a nonhomogeneous system of six linear equations in eight unknowns has a solution, with two free variables. Is it possible to change some constants on the equations’ right sides to make the new system inconsistent? Explain.
No, by using the rank theorem and the invertible matrix theorem.
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Justify the following equalities:
a.\({\rm{dim Row }}A{\rm{ + dim Nul }}A = n{\rm{ }}\)
b.\({\rm{dim Col }}A{\rm{ + dim Nul }}{A^T} = m\)
Explain what is wrong with the following discussion: Let \({\bf{f}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{3}} + t\) and \({\bf{g}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{3}}t + {t^{\bf{2}}}\), and note that \({\bf{g}}\left( t \right) = t{\bf{f}}\left( t \right)\). Then, \(\left\{ {{\bf{f}},{\bf{g}}} \right\}\) is linearly dependent because g is a multiple of f.
Suppose a \({\bf{5}} \times {\bf{6}}\) matrix A has four pivot columns. What is dim Nul A? Is \({\bf{Col}}\,A = {\mathbb{R}^{\bf{3}}}\)? Why or why not?
(M) Let \(H = {\mathop{\rm Span}\nolimits} \left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1},{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2}} \right\}\) and \(K = {\mathop{\rm Span}\nolimits} \left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3},{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4}} \right\}\), where
\({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}5\\3\\8\end{array}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1\\3\\4\end{array}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}2\\{ - 1}\\5\end{array}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}0\\{ - 12}\\{ - 28}\end{array}} \right)\)
Then \(H\) and \(K\) are subspaces of \({\mathbb{R}^3}\). In fact, \(H\) and \(K\) are planes in \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) through the origin, and they intersect in a line through 0. Find a nonzero vector w that generates that line. (Hint: w can be written as \({c_1}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} + {c_2}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2}\) and also as \({c_3}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} + {c_4}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4}\). To build w, solve the equation \({c_1}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} + {c_2}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} = {c_3}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} + {c_4}{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4}\) for the unknown \({c_j}'{\mathop{\rm s}\nolimits} \).)
Question: Exercises 12-17 develop properties of rank that are sometimes needed in applications. Assume the matrix \(A\) is \(m \times n\).
15. Let \(A\) be an \(m \times n\) matrix, and let \(B\) be a \(n \times p\) matrix such that \(AB = 0\). Show that \({\mathop{\rm rank}\nolimits} A + {\mathop{\rm rank}\nolimits} B \le n\). (Hint: One of the four subspaces \({\mathop{\rm Nul}\nolimits} A\), \({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} A,\,{\mathop{\rm Nul}\nolimits} B\), and \({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} B\) is contained in one of the other three subspaces.)
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