Chapter 2: Q11Q (page 93)
In exercise 11 and 12, the matrices are all \(n \times n\). Each part of the exercise is an implication of the form 鈥淚f 鈥渟tatement 1鈥 then 鈥渟tatement 2鈥.鈥滿ark the implication as True if the truth of 鈥渟tatement 2鈥漚lways follows whenever 鈥渟tatement 1鈥 happens to be true. An implication is False if there is an instance in which 鈥渟tatement 2鈥 is false but 鈥渟tatement 1鈥 is true. Justify each answer.
a. If the equation \[A{\bf{x}} = {\bf{0}}\] has only the trivial solution, then \(A\) is row equivalent to the \(n \times n\) identity matrix.
b. If the columns of \(A\) span \({\mathbb{R}^n}\), then the columns are linearly independent.
c. If \(A\) is an \(n \times n\) matrix, then the equation \(A{\bf{x}} = {\bf{b}}\) has at least one solution for each \({\bf{b}}\) in \({\mathbb{R}^n}\).
d. If the equation \[A{\bf{x}} = {\bf{0}}\] has a non trivial solution, then \[A\] has fewer than \(n\) pivot positions.
e. If \({A^T}\) is not invertible, then \(A\) is not invertible.
Short Answer
a. True
b. True
c. False
d. True
e. True