jebz123 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 If v1 = u1 + u2 + u3, v2 = u1 + a*u2, and v3 = u2 + b*u3...where u1, u2, and u3 are given linearly independent vectors, find the condition that must be satisfied by a and b in order to ensure that v1, v2, and v3 are linearly independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Okay. How would you start this? We're not going to just give you the answer. How would you start, and where do you trip up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shif Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 u1, u2 and u3 are the basis of the linear space they span (they are lin. indep. and span it by def.) Write v1, v2 and v3 in a matrix according to the basis {u1,u2,u3} and you get 1 1 1 1 a 0 0 1 b the will be lin. dep. if and only if we can make a zero row with Gauss elimination which is if and only if b(a-1)+1=0 (if I am not mistaken) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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