Final Exam Flashcards
1.1 A system of linear equations has how many soluntions
no solution, exactly one solution, or infinite solutions
1.1 consistent
system has a solution
1.1 inconsistent
system has no solution
1.2 Free variable
no pivot in this row x3 = x3
1.2 Existence and Uniqueness Theorem: A system is consistent only if
the augmented column is not a pivot column
1.2 If a linear system is consistent then
it has a unique solution when there’s no free variables, it has infinite solutions when there is at least 1 free variable
1.3 Parallelogram Rule
0, u, and v are points on a plane. Then the 4th point is u+v
1.3Linear combination
y = c1v1 + … + cpvp
1.3 Span
set of all linear combinations of v1….vp
1.4 Theorem 3: The equation Ax=b has the same solution set as ____
x1a1 + ……xpap
Ax = b has a solution( is consistent) only if ____
b is a linear combination of the columns of A.
1.5 Homogeneous
system can be written in the form Ax =0
1.5 Trivial Solution
solution where x =0
1.5 Nontrivial solution
a nonzero vector x that makes Ax =0
1.6 Linearly Independent
a set of vectors is linearly independent if x1v1+…xpvp =0