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In mathematics, the rank–nullity theorem of linear algebra, in its simplest form, states that the rank and the nullity of a matrix add up to the number of columns of the matrix. Specifically, if ''A'' is an ''m''-by-''n'' matrix (with ''m'' rows and ''n'' columns) over some field, then〔, page 199.〕 : This applies to linear maps as well. Let ''V'' and ''W'' be vector spaces over some field and let be a linear map. Then the rank of ''T'' is the dimension of the image of ''T'' and the nullity of ''T'' is the dimension of the kernel of ''T'', so we have : or, equivalently, : One can refine this statement (via the splitting lemma or the below proof) to be a statement about an isomorphism of spaces, not just dimensions. More generally, one can consider the image, kernel, coimage, and cokernel, which are related by the fundamental theorem of linear algebra. == Proofs == We give two proofs. The first proof uses notations for linear transformations, but can be easily adapted to matrices by writing , where A is . The second proof looks at the homogeneous system associated with an matrix A of rank ''r'' and shows explicitly that there exist a set of linearly independent solutions that span the null space of A. These proofs are also available in the book by Banerjee and Roy (2014) First proof: Suppose forms a basis of ''ker T''. We can extend this to form a basis of ''V'': . Since the dimension of ker ''T'' is ''m'' and the dimension of ''V'' is , it suffices to show that the dimension of is ''n''. Let us see that is a basis of . Let ''v'' be an arbitrary vector in ''V''. There exist unique scalars such that: : : : Thus, spans . We only now need to show that this list is not redundant; that is, that are linearly independent. We can do this by showing that a linear combination of these vectors is zero if and only if the coefficient on each vector is zero. Let: : : Then, since u''i'' span ker ''T'', there exists a set of scalars ''di'' such that: : But, since form a basis of ''V'', all ''ci'', ''di'' must be zero. Therefore, is linearly independent and indeed a basis of . This proves that the dimension of is ''n'', as desired. In more abstract terms, the map ''splits''. Second proof: Let A be an matrix with ''r'' linearly independent columns (i.e. rank of A is ''r''). We will show that: (i) there exists a set of linearly independent solutions to the homogeneous system , and (ii) that every other solution is a linear combination of these solutions. In other words, we will produce an matrix X whose columns form a basis of the null space of A. Without loss of generality, assume that the first ''r'' columns of A are linearly independent. So, we can write , where A1 is with ''r'' linearly independent column vectors and A2 is , each of whose columns are linear combinations of the columns of A1. This means that for some '' matrix B (see rank factorization) and, hence, . Let , where is the identity matrix. We note that X is an matrix that satisfies : Therefore, each of the columns of X are particular solutions of . Furthermore, the columns of X are linearly independent because will imply : : Therefore, the column vectors of X constitute a set of ''n'' − ''r'' linearly independent solutions for Ax = 0. We next prove that ''any'' solution of must be a linear combination of the columns of X For this, let be any vector such that . Note that since the columns of A1 are linearly independent, implies . Therefore, : : This proves that any vector u that is a solution of must be a linear combination of the special solutions given by the columns of X. And we have already seen that the columns of X are linearly independent. Hence, the columns of X constitute a basis for the null space of A. Therefore, the nullity of A is . Since ''r'' equals rank of A, it follows that . QED. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rank–nullity theorem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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