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#1 2008-04-30 04:04:18

caspermath
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basis question...

suppose a got a matrix

A=

1  -2    2  3 -1
-3  6    -1  1 -7
2  -4     5  8 -4


and i have found the basis of  Nul(A)

is span (  [2,1,0,0,0] ,[1,0,-2,1,0]  ,[ -3,0,2,0,1] )
           (         v[1]  ,    v[2]          ,    v[3]  )

from my tutorial sheet
i am suppose to find v[4] such that A.v[4] =[1,-3,2]
                              v[5] suh that  A.v[5] =[0,5,1 ]

my question is how to find v4 and v5 ?  are they unique? (i dont think they are )
and how to prove that v[1],v[2],v[3],v[4],v[5] are the basis of R^5


thanks
Chen

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