031 Review Part 2, Problem 10

(a) Suppose a  $6\times 8$  matrix  $A$  has 4 pivot columns. What is  ${\text{dim Nul }}A?$  Is  ${\text{Col }}A=\mathbb {R} ^{4}?$  Why or why not?

(b) If  $A$  is a  $7\times 5$  matrix, what is the smallest possible dimension of  ${\text{Nul }}A?$

Foundations:
1. The dimension of  ${\text{Col }}A$  is equal to the number of pivots in  $A.$
2. By the Rank Theorem, if  $A$  is a  $m\times n$  matrix, then
${\text{dim Nul }}A+{\text{dim Col }}A=n.$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
Since  $A$  has 4 pivot columns,
${\text{dim Col }}A=4.$

Step 2:
Since  $A$  is a  $6\times 8$  matrix,  ${\text{Col }}A$  contains vectors in  $\mathbb {R} ^{6}.$
Since a vector in  $\mathbb {R} ^{6}$  is not a vector in  $\mathbb {R} ^{4},$  we have
${\text{Col }}A\neq \mathbb {R} ^{4}.$

(b)

Step 1:
By the Rank Theorem, we have
${\text{dim Nul }}A+{\text{dim Col }}A=5.$
Thus,
Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\text{dim Nul }}A=5-{\text{dim Col}}A.}

Step 2:
If we want to minimize  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{dim Nul }A,}   we need to maximize  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{dim Col }A.}
To do this, we need to find out the maximum number of pivots in  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A.}
Since  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 7\times 5}   matrix, the maximum number of pivots in  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is 5.
Hence, the smallest possible value for  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{dim Nul }A}   is
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\text{dim Nul }A} & = & \displaystyle{5-\text{dim Col }A}\\ &&\\ & \ge & \displaystyle{5-5}\\ &&\\ & \ge & \displaystyle{0.} \end{array}}

Final Answer:
(a)     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{dim Col }A=4}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Col }A\ne \mathbb{R}^4}
(b)     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0}

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