Linear Independence

The only solution to is the trivial Linearly Independent

Geometric Interpretation

If two vectors are linearly independent, the are not colinear If 3, then not coplanal If 4, not cospacial

Linear Dependence

  • Any of the vectors in the set are a linear combination of the others
  • If there is a free variable, so there are infinite solutions to the homogenous equation
  • If the columns of A are in , and there are basis vectors in (which is always true), then if the amount of columns in A exceeds the amount of basis vectors that exist in that dimension, it means that there are free variables, which indicates linear dependence
  • If one or more of the columns of A is
  • Iff