Fundamental theorem of linear algebra
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Short description: Name for certain results on linear maps between two finite-dimensional vector spaces
In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of linear algebra is a collection of statements regarding vector spaces and linear algebra, popularized by Gilbert Strang. The naming of these results is not universally accepted.
More precisely, let f be a linear map between two finite-dimensional vector spaces, represented by a m×n matrix M of rank r, then:
- r is the dimension of the column space of M, which represents the image of f;
- n – r is the dimension of the null space of M, which represents the kernel of f;
- m – r is the dimension of the cokernel of f.
The transpose MT of M is the matrix of the dual f* of f. It follows that one has also:
- r is the dimension of the row space of M, which represents the image of f*;
- m – r is the dimension of the left null space of M, which represents the kernel of f*;
- n – r is the dimension of the cokernel of f*.
The two first assertions are also called the rank–nullity theorem.
References
- Strang, Gilbert. Linear Algebra and Its Applications. 3rd ed. Orlando: Saunders, 1988.
- Strang, Gilbert (1993), "The fundamental theorem of linear algebra", American Mathematical Monthly 100 (9): 848–855, doi:10.2307/2324660, http://www.dm.unibo.it/~regonati/ad0708/strang-FTLA.pdf
- Banerjee, Sudipto; Roy, Anindya (2014), Linear Algebra and Matrix Analysis for Statistics, Texts in Statistical Science (1st ed.), Chapman and Hall/CRC, ISBN 978-1420095388
External links
- Gilbert Strang, MIT Linear Algebra Lecture on the Four Fundamental Subspaces, from MIT OpenCourseWare
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