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188 R n<br />

4.10 Spann<strong>in</strong>g, L<strong>in</strong>ear Independence and Basis <strong>in</strong> R n<br />

Outcomes<br />

A. Determ<strong>in</strong>e the span of a set of vectors, and determ<strong>in</strong>e if a vector is conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> a specified<br />

span.<br />

B. Determ<strong>in</strong>e if a set of vectors is l<strong>in</strong>early <strong>in</strong>dependent.<br />

C. Understand the concepts of subspace, basis, and dimension.<br />

D. F<strong>in</strong>d the row space, column space, and null space of a matrix.<br />

By generat<strong>in</strong>g all l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ations of a set of vectors one can obta<strong>in</strong> various subsets of R n which<br />

we call subspaces. For example what set of vectors <strong>in</strong> R 3 generate the XY-plane? What is the smallest<br />

such set of vectors can you f<strong>in</strong>d? The tools of spann<strong>in</strong>g, l<strong>in</strong>ear <strong>in</strong>dependence and basis are exactly what is<br />

needed to answer these and similar questions and are the focus of this section. The follow<strong>in</strong>g def<strong>in</strong>ition is<br />

essential.<br />

Def<strong>in</strong>ition 4.58: Subset<br />

Let U and W be sets of vectors <strong>in</strong> R n . If all vectors <strong>in</strong> U are also <strong>in</strong> W, we say that U is a subset of<br />

W, denoted<br />

U ⊆ W<br />

4.10.1 Spann<strong>in</strong>g Set of Vectors<br />

We beg<strong>in</strong> this section with a def<strong>in</strong>ition.<br />

Def<strong>in</strong>ition 4.59: Span of a Set of Vectors<br />

The collection of all l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ations of a set of vectors {⃗u 1 ,···,⃗u k } <strong>in</strong> R n is known as the span<br />

of these vectors and is written as span{⃗u 1 ,···,⃗u k }.<br />

Consider the follow<strong>in</strong>g example.<br />

Example 4.60: Span of Vectors<br />

Describe the span of the vectors ⃗u = [ 1 1 0 ] T and⃗v =<br />

[<br />

3 2 0<br />

] T ∈ R 3 .<br />

Solution. You can see that any l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ation of the vectors ⃗u and ⃗v yields a vector of the form<br />

[<br />

x y 0<br />

] T <strong>in</strong> the XY-plane.

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