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Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.——
———————————————————————————————–George Polya
Nul(A) Col(A)
1 Nul(A) is a subspace of Rn . Col(A) is a subspace of Rm .
2 Nul(A) is implicitly defined, Col(A) is explicitly defined,
i.e., you are only given a condition Ax i.e., you are told how to bulid vectors in Col(A).
that vectors in Nul(A) must satisfy.
3 It takes time to find vectors in Nul(A): It is easy to find vectors in Col(A):
Row operations are required. the columns of A are displayed
and others are formed from them.
4 There is no obvious relation There is an obvious relation
between Nul(A) and the entries of A. between Col(A) and the entries of A,
since each of column of A is in Col(A).
5 A typical vector v in Nul(A) has the property A typical vector v in Col(A) has the property
that Av = 0. that Ax = v is consistent.
6 Given a specific vector v, it is easy to tell It takes time to tell whether a given v is in Col(A):
if v is in Nul(A). Compute Av. Row operations are required.
7 Nul(A)={0} iff Col(A)= Rm iff
Ax = 0 has only the trivial solution Ax = b has a solution for every b ∈ Rm
iff x 7→ Ax is one-to-one. iff x 7→ Ax is onto.
8 A basis for Nul(A) is obtained by A basis for Col(A) is obtained by
collecting basic solutions from solving Ax = 0. collecting the pivot columns of A.
Coordinates
Let B = (b1 , · · · , bk ) be the list of basis vectors in some fixed order.
c1
c2
• Given v ∈ H, define [v]B = . ∈ Rk as the unique vector with v = c1 b1 + c2 b2 + · · · + ck bk .
..
ck
We call [v]B the coordinate vector of v in the basis B or just v in the basis B.
Example. If H = Rn and B = (e1 , e2 , · · · , en ) is the standard basis then [v]B = v.
• φB : Rk → Rk , defined by v 7→ [v]B is an isomorphism, it has an inverse φ−1 k k
B : R → R , which is also
an isomorphism. Note that φB (v) = [v]B
•
4
The vector u = has standard coordinates x = 4 and y = 5.
5
If we use the blue coordinate system, whose coordinate axes are labelled x0 and y 0 , the blue coordinates
of u are x0 = 3 and y 0 = 2. The notation is as follows:
4 3 1 0 2 −1
[u]S = , [u]B = , where S = , , B= , .
5 2 0 1 1 1
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Dimension of a subspace in Rn
Suppose H is a dimensional subspace of Rn .
• Let H be a subspace of Rn . Then all bases of H have the same number of element, we called that
number of basis to be the dim H.
• If H 0 is a subspace of H and dim H 0 = dim H, then H 0 = H.
• Basis theorem.
If H is a subspace of Rn with dim H = p, then
– Any set of p linearly independent vectors in H is a basis for H.
– Any set of p vectors in H which span H is a basis for H.
Rank of a Matrix
Cont.
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Example 1
1 −1 1 1
−1 1 1 −1
Let A = .
1 −1 −1 1
−1 1 −1 −1
Answer:
1 −1 0 1
0 0 1 0
(a) By Row reducing A, we get rref (A) =
0
.
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
(i) The first and third columns are linearly independent (have leading 1’s)
1 1
−1 , 1 .
The pivot columns of a matrix A form a basis for Col(A), so a basis for the Col(A) is 1 −1
−1 −1
Remark: Any non-pivot column is a linear combination of pivot columns on its left hand side.
(b) Solving Ax = 0 from our row reduction above
x
y
z with y, w free, z = 0 and x − y + w = 0,
gives
w
so
y−w
1 −1
y 1 0
4 4
Nul(A) = ∈ R : y, w ∈ R = y + w ∈ R : y, w ∈ R ,
0
0 0
w 0 1
1 −1
1, 0 .
and we can take a basis to be 0 0
0 1
Spanning:
1 −1
1 , 0 .
N ul(A) = Span
0 0
0 1
Linearly independence:
Cont.
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1 −1 0 y−w 0
1 0 0 y 0
0 + w 0 = 0 =⇒ 0 = 0 =⇒ y = w = 0.
y
0 1 0 w 0
Example 2
−3 6 −1 1 −7 1 −2 0 −1 3
Let A = 1 −2 2 3 −1. Given rref (A) = 0 0 1 2 −2.
2 −4 5 8 −4 0 0 0 0 0
Find a basis for
(a) Col(A).
(b) Nul(A).
Answer:
(a) Column Space: The columns with a leading 1 from the row vectors are 1 and 3.
Hence, a basis for the column space are columns 1 and 3 from the original matrix that is
−3 −1
1 , 2 .
2 5
Cont.
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Example 3
1 1 1 1
Find the nullity of the matrix A = .
2 3 4 5
Answer:
Elementary row operations do not change the nullspace.
Let us convert A to reduced row echelon form:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 −1 −2
→
− →
−
2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
( (
x1 − x3 − 2x4 = 0 x1 = x3 + 2x4
which is equivalent to .
x2 + 2x3 + 3x4 = 0 x2 = −2x3 − 3x4
Note that general element of Null(A) is in the form of:
x1 t + 2s 1 2
x2 −2t − 3s −2 −3
= = t + s where t, s ∈ R.
x3 t 1 0
x4 s 0 1
1 2
−2 −3
, forms a basis for Null(A). Thus the nullity of the matrix A is 2.
1
0
0 1
Example 4
1 1 −1
(a) Show B = 1 , −1 , 1 is a basis for R3 .
−1 1 1
1
(b) If v = 1 , find [v]B .
−1
1
(c) If [v]B = 1 , find v.
−1
Answer:
1 1 −1 1 0 0
(a) Row reduce 1 −1 1 to get 0 1 0.
−1 1 1 0 0 1
Thus B is a basis for R3 .
1
(b) Since v is the first element in the basis B, we have [v]B = 0.
0
(c) Here v is the sum of the first two vectors in B minus the third, i.e.,
1 1 −1 3
v = 1 + −1 − 1 = −1 .
−1 1 1 −1
Cont.
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Example 5
True or False:
Let A ∈ Mm×n (R), B ∈ Mn×r (R),
1. Suppose C = AB. Then Col(C) ≤Col(A).
2. Suppose C = AB. Then rank(C) >rank(A).
3. Suppose C = AB. Then Nul(B) ≤ Nul(C).
4. One have Nul(AT A)=Nul A.
5. One have rank(AT A) = rank A.
6. One have rank A ≤ min{n, m}.
7. rank A = n if and only if T is one-to-one.
8. rank A = m if and only if T is onto.
Answer:
1. True: x ∈Col(C) then x = Ck for some k ∈ Rr . Then x = ABk = A(Bk) = Ab for some
b = Bk ∈ Rn . Hence x ∈Col(A).
2. False: rank(C) = dim Col(C) ≤ dim Col(A) =rank(A).
3. True: Suppose x ∈ N ul(B), then Bx = 0 and then Cx = ABx = 0. Hence x ∈ N ul(C).
4. True:
Clearly, Nul(A) ⊆ Nul(AT A) as Ax = 0 =⇒ AT Ax = 0.
y1
y2
First notice that y = . ∈ Rn and
..
yn
yT y = 0 ⇐⇒ y12 + · · · + yn2 = 0 ⇐⇒ y1 = y2 = · · · = yn = 0 ⇐⇒ y = 0.
AT Ax = 0 =⇒ (Ax)T Ax = xT AT Ax = xT 0 = 0 =⇒ Ax = 0,
Hence x ∈ Nul(A).
5. True:
By Rank-Nullity Theorem, we get
Cont.
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7. True:
8. True:
Example 6
Let T : Rn → Rm be a linear transformation.
Using Rank-Nullity Theorem to prove the following:
(a) If m < n, then T cannot be one-to-one.
(b) If m > n, then T cannot be onto.
(a) If n > m, then since r(A) is the dimension of a subspace of Rm , then we get
And hence T cannot be onto due to the fact that r(A) 6= m, which implies Col(A) 6= Rm .
The End.