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We might be tempted to try a function of the form keλx, where k is some constant, but it would not be linearly independent of eλx.

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Note that y1 and y2 are not constant multiples of one another, so they are linearly independent.

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With two exponential functions, unless the exponents are equal, the functions are linearly independent.

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Determine whether the following pairs of functions are linearly dependent or linearly independent.

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Hence if r linearly independent operations X1, X2, ...,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various