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The set is said to be affinely dependent, if the set \(\left\{ {{{\bf{v}}_{\bf{1}}},{{\bf{v}}_{\bf{2}}},...,{{\bf{v}}_p}} \right\}\) in the dimension \({\mathbb{R}^n}\) exists such that \({c_1},{c_2},...,{c_p}\) not all zero, and the sum must be zero \({c_1} + {c_2} + ... + {c_p} = 0\), and \({c_1}{{\bf{v}}_1} + {c_2}{{\bf{v}}_2} + ... + {c_p}{{\bf{v}}_p} = 0\).

Let \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1\\3\\1\end{aligned}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}0\\{ - 1}\\{ - 2}\end{aligned}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}2\\5\\2\end{aligned}} \right),{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}3\\5\\0\end{aligned}} \right)\).

Compute \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}\), \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}\), and \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}\) as shown below:

\({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}{ - 1}\\{ - 4}\\{ - 3}\end{aligned}} \right)\), \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1\\2\\1\end{aligned}} \right)\), \({{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}2\\2\\{ - 1}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

Write the augmented matrix as shown below:

\(\left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}{{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}}&{{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _3} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}}&{{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _4} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}}\end{aligned}} \right) \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}{ - 1}&1&2\\{ - 4}&2&2\\{ - 3}&1&{ - 1}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 1, multiply row 1 by \( - 1\).

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&{ - 1}&{ - 2}\\{ - 4}&2&2\\{ - 3}&1&{ - 1}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 2, multiply row 1 by 4 and add it to row 2. At row 3, multiply row 1 by 3 and add it to row 3.

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&{ - 1}&{ - 2}\\0&{ - 2}&{ - 10}\\0&{ - 2}&{ - 7}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 2, multiply row 2 by \( - \frac{1}{2}\).

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&{ - 1}&{ - 2}\\0&1&5\\0&{ - 2}&{ - 7}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 1, add row 1 and row 2.

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&0&3\\0&1&5\\0&{ - 2}&{ - 7}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 3, multiply row 2 by 2 and add it to row 3.

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&0&3\\0&1&5\\0&0&3\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 3, multiply row 3 by \(\frac{1}{3}\).

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&0&3\\0&1&5\\0&0&1\end{aligned}} \right)\)

At row 1, multiply row 3 by 3 and subtract it from row 1. At row 2, multiply row 3 by 5 and remove it from row 2.

\( \sim \left( {\begin{aligned}{{}}1&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{aligned}} \right)\)

The columns are linearly independent because every column is a pivot column.

Theorem 5states that an indexed set \(S = \left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1},...,{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _p}} \right\}\) in \({\mathbb{R}^n}\), with \(p \ge 2\), the following statement is equivalent. This means that either all the statements are true or all the statements are false.

1. The set \(S\) isaffinely dependent.
2. Each of the points in \(S\)is an affine combination of the other points in \(S\).
3. In \({\mathbb{R}^n}\), the set \(\left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _2} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1},...,{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _p} - {{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} _1}} \right\}\)is linearly dependent.
4. The set \(\left\{ {{{\bar v}_1},...,{{\bar v}_p}} \right\}\) of homogeneous forms in \({\mathbb{R}^{n + 1}}\) is linearly dependent.

Therefore, all statement in theorem 5 is false, and the set \(S\)is affinelyindependent.

Thus, the set of points are affinely independent.