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linear independence

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noun

Mathematics.

  1. (in linear algebra) the property of a set of elements in a vector space in which none of the vectors can be written as a linear combination of the others.

Other Word Forms

  • linearly independent adjective

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In this chapter, we usually test sets of only two functions for linear independence, which allows us to simplify this definition.

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