Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.4 Spanning Sets - Problems - Page 282: 10

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Work Step by Step

Given the set of vectors $\{(1,2,3),(3,4,5),(4,5,6)\}$ Obtain: $\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3\\ 3 & 4 & 5\\4 & 5 & 6 \end{vmatrix}=1.\begin{vmatrix} 4 & 5 \\ 5 &6 \end{vmatrix}-3.\begin{vmatrix} 2 & 5 \\ 3 &6 \end{vmatrix}+4.\begin{vmatrix} 2 & 4\\3 & 5 \end{vmatrix}=1.(-1)-3.(-3)+4.(-2)=0$ Thus, the set of vectors are coplanar and therefore set $\{(1,2,3),(3,4,5),(4,5,6)\}$ does not span $R^3$ We can write set $S$ as $S=\{(x,y,z)\in M_R^3: x-2y+z=0\}$ We have $x-2y+z=0 \rightarrow x=2y-z \forall (x,y,z) \in S$ The elements now can be written as: $(x,y,z)=(2y-z,y,z)=y(2,1,0)+z(-1,0,1)$ Notice that: $(2,1,0)=-2(1,2,3)+(4,5,6)\\ (-1,0,1)=2(1,2,3)-(3,4,5)$ Substitute: $y(2,1,0)+z(-1,0,1)\\ =y[-2(1,2,3)+(4,5,6)]+z[2(1,2,3)-(3,4,5)]\\ =-2y(1,2,3)+y(4,5,6)+2z(1,2,3)-z(3,4,5)$ Every vector $(x,y,z) \in S$ can be written as a linear combination of vectors $\{(1,2,3),(3,4,5),(4,5,6)\}$ Hence, the set of vectors $\{(1,2,3),(3,4,5),(4,5,6)\}$ span subspace $S$
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