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What is a linear equation?
What are coefficients?
Coefficients are the numerical factors in a linear equation.
What is a system of linear equations?
What is a solution in the context of a linear system?
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What is a solution set?
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What are equivalent linear systems?
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A consistent linear system has no solutions.
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An inconsistent linear system has at least one solution.
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What is a matrix?
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What is a coefficient matrix?
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What is an augmented matrix?
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What does size refer to in a matrix?
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What is a row equivalent matrix?
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What is a leading entry in a matrix?
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What characterizes an echelon matrix?
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What is a reduced echelon matrix?
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What is a pivot position?
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What is a pivot column?
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What is a pivot?
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What is the forward phase in matrix reduction?
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What is the backward phase in matrix reduction?
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What is a basic variable?
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What is a free variable?
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What is a flop in the context of arithmetic operations?
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What is a column vector?
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What is a zero vector?
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What is a linear combination?
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What are weights in a linear combination?
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What is the product Ax?
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What is a matrix equation?
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What does Span{v1,..., vp} represent?
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What is a homogeneous equation?
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What is a trivial solution?
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Study Notes
Linear Algebra Basics
- A linear equation takes the form (a_1x_1 + a_2x_2 + \ldots + a_nx_n = b) with coefficients as real or complex numbers.
- Coefficients are the multipliers of the variables in a linear equation.
Systems of Linear Equations
- A system of linear equations consists of multiple linear equations sharing the same variable set.
- A solution to a linear system is a specific set of values that satisfies all equations in the system.
- A solution set encompasses all possible solutions to a linear system.
Types of Linear Systems
- Equivalent linear systems have identical solution sets.
- A consistent linear system has at least one solution, while an inconsistent linear system has no solutions.
Matrices and Their Types
- A matrix is a rectangular array of numbers organized in rows and columns.
- The coefficient matrix contains the coefficients from a linear system, while an augmented matrix includes the coefficient matrix along with additional columns for constants.
- The size of a matrix is specified as (m \times n), indicating (m) rows and (n) columns.
Matrix Forms
- An m x n matrix includes (m) rows and (n) columns.
- Row equivalent matrices can be transformed into one another through a sequence of row operations.
- A leading entry is the first nonzero entry in a row of a matrix.
Echelon Forms
- An echelon matrix follows three key properties regarding nonzero rows and leading entries.
- A reduced echelon matrix meets the criteria of an echelon matrix with additional specifications on leading entries being 1 and unique in their columns.
Row Reduction Process
- Row reduced matrices achieve further simplification through elimination of variables.
- Pivot positions mark locations in a matrix associated with leading entries in its echelon form, while a pivot column contains a pivot position.
- A pivot is a nonzero element utilized to create zeros in other rows through operations.
Phases of Row Reduction
- The forward phase refers to the initial step of the algorithm that simplifies a matrix to echelon form.
- The backward phase transforms the echelon form into reduced echelon form.
Variables in Linear Systems
- Basic variables correspond to pivot columns in the coefficient matrix.
- Free variables are any variables not linked to a pivot and can take on arbitrary values.
Additional Concepts
- A flop represents a single arithmetic operation involving two floating point numbers.
- A column vector is a matrix with one column, while the zero vector is unique and adds to any vector without changing it.
- A linear combination is the sum of scalar multiples of vectors, where weights are the scalars applied in the combination.
- The product (Ax) results from combining the matrix (A) columns using corresponding entries in (x) as weights.
- The matrix equation (Ax = b) illustrates the relationship between matrices, where a solution yields (b).
- (Span{v_1, \ldots, v_p}) represents all linear combinations of the vectors (v_1) to (v_p).
- A homogeneous equation takes the form (Ax = 0), resulting in the trivial solution where (x = 0).
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