Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.9 The Rank-Nullity Theorem - Problems - Page 330: 17

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A 5 × 7 matrix $A$ has $rank(A)+nullity (A)=7$ Since $A$ has $5$ rows, $rank (A) \leq 5 \\ \rightarrow nullity (A) \geq 2$ Since nullity (A) is a subspace of $R^7$, then $nullity (A) \leq 7$ An example of a $5 × 7$ matrix $A$ with $nullity(A) = 2$ $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 &0 & 0 & 0& 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0\\ \end{bmatrix}$ A $5 × 7$ matrix A with $nullity(A) = 7$ is $0_{5\times 7}$
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