Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Matrix Algebra - 2.1 Exercises - Page 103: 23

Answer

Ax=0 has only the trivial solution. A cannot have more columns than rows.

Work Step by Step

Let CA=$I_{n}$ and Ax=0 Ax=0 => CAx=C*0=0 CA=$I_{n}$ => CAx=$I_{n}$x=0 => x=0 => Ax=0 has only the trivial solution Since Ax=0 has only the trivial solution, the columns of A are linearly independent. Assume A is linearly independent and let A have more columns than rows. Then A has more vectors than entries in each vector => A is linearly dependent, a contradiction. A cannot have more columns than rows.
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