Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.6 Bases and Dimension - Problems - Page 309: 30

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Let $S$ be the subspace of $R^3$ spanned by the vectors $v_1 = (1, 0, 1) \\ v_2 = (0, 1, 1)\\v_3 = (2, 0, 2)$. We can see that $2v_1=2(1,0,1)=(2,0,2)=v_2$ then $v=av_1+bv_2+cv_3 \in S\\ =av_1+bv_2+2cv_1\\ =(a+2c)av_1+bv_2\\ \rightarrow v \in span \{v_1,v_2\}\\ \rightarrow span\{v_1,v_2,v_3\} \subset span \{v_1,v_2\}$ Since $\{v_1,v_2\} \subset \{v_1,v_2,v_3\}\\ \rightarrow span\{v_1,v_2\} \subset \{v_1,v_2,v_3\}\\ \rightarrow S=span\{v_1,v_2\}$ Notice that $v_1$ and $v_2$ are not proportional and then $v_1,v_2$ are linearly independent in $R^3$ Hence, $\{v_1,v_2\}$ is a basic for $S \rightarrow \dim[S]=2 $
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