From 139316a2f1962263e113aff0a9ef24c90ea64aeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Lorimer Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:24:09 +1100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] linear dependence of vectors (spec) --- spec/vectors.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/spec/vectors.md b/spec/vectors.md index 2374b2a..6218b24 100644 --- a/spec/vectors.md +++ b/spec/vectors.md @@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ Useful vector properties: - Two vectors $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ are perpendicular if $\boldsymbol{a} \cdot \boldsymbol{b}=0$ - $\boldsymbol{a} \cdot \boldsymbol{a} = |\boldsymbol{a}|^2$ +## Linear dependence +Vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ are linearly dependent if they are non-parallel and: +$$k\vec{a}+l\vec{b}+m\vec{c} = 0$$ +$$\therefore \vec{c} = m\vec{a} + n\vec{b} \quad \text{(simultaneous)}$$ +$\vec{a}, \vec{b},$ and $\vec{c}$ are linearly independent if no vector in the set is expressible as a linear combination of other vectors in set, or if they are parallel. + +Vector $\vec{w}$ is a linear combination of vectors $\vec{v_1}, \vec{v_2}, \vec{v_3}$ -- 2.43.2