Author| Rickyの水果摊
Time | 2022.8.31
Lecture 1: The geometry of linear equations
Lecture Info
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Instructor: Prof. Gilbert Strang
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Course Number: 18.06
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Topics: Linear Algebra
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Official Lecture Resource: Resource Index of Linear Algebra
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Key Points
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row picture
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column picture
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linear combination
Active Recall Questions
- Draw the row/column pictures of this linear equation { x − 2 y = 1 3 x + 2 y = 11 \begin{cases}\begin{aligned} x-2y=1\\ 3x+2y=11 \end{aligned}\end{cases} {x−2y=13x+2y=11
- Why do we prefer column picture than row picture?(Hint: when b changes)
- Do the combinations of column vectors fill all plane? (Do A x = b Ax=b Ax=b always have a solution?)
Answer
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Here are the 2 figures of this linear equation
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row picture
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column picture
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Suppose we have A x = b Ax=b Ax=b, when b changes, all lines on the row picture have to change. However, as for the column picture, the only thing we need to change is vector b
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No (We will learn the reason from the coming lectures)