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Consider the following two systems of equations:

\(\begin{array}{c}5{x_1} + {x_2} - 3{x_3} = 0\\ - 9{x_1} + 2{x_2} + 5{x_3} = 1\\4{x_1} + {x_2} - 6{x_3} = 9\end{array}\) \(\begin{array}{c}5{x_1} + {x_2} - 3{x_3} = 0\\ - 9{x_1} + 2{x_2} + 5{x_3} = 5\\4{x_1} + {x_2} - 6{x_3} = 45\end{array}\)

It can be shown that the first system of a solution. Use this fact and the theory from this section to explain why the second system must also have a solution. (Make no row operations.)

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The second system of equations must have a solution.

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Col A is a subspace of \({\mathbb{R}^3}\)

\({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} A = {\mathbb{R}^m}\)if and only if the equation \(Ax = {\mathop{\rm b}\nolimits} \) has a solution.

Consider \(A\) as the coefficient matrix of the system of equations. The constant vector \({\mathop{\rm b}\nolimits} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}0\\1\\9\end{array}} \right]\) is in \({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} A\) because the first system of the equation has a solution. It is closed under scalar multiplication because \({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} A\) is a subspace of \({\mathbb{R}^3}\).

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Explain that the second system must have a solution

Scalar multiplication of the constant vector is shown below:

\(\begin{array}{c}5{\mathop{\rm b}\nolimits} = 5\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}0\\1\\9\end{array}} \right]\\ = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}0\\5\\{45}\end{array}} \right]\end{array}\)

Here, \(5{\mathop{\rm b}\nolimits} \) is also in \({\mathop{\rm Col}\nolimits} A\). Thus, the second system of equations must have a solution.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question 18: Suppose A is a \(4 \times 4\) matrix and B is a \(4 \times 2\) matrix, and let \({{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _0},...,{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _3}\) represent a sequence of input vectors in \({\mathbb{R}^2}\).

  1. Set \({{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _0} = 0\), compute \({{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _1},...,{{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _4}\) from equation (1), and write a formula for \({{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _4}\) involving the controllability matrix \(M\) appearing in equation (2). (Note: The matrix \(M\) is constructed as a partitioned matrix. Its overall size here is \(4 \times 8\).)
  2. Suppose \(\left( {A,B} \right)\) is controllable and v is any vector in \({\mathbb{R}^4}\). Explain why there exists a control sequence \({{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _0},...,{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _3}\) in \({\mathbb{R}^2}\) such that \({{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _4} = {\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} \).

Find a basis for the set of vectors in\({\mathbb{R}^{\bf{2}}}\)on the line\(y = {\bf{5}}x\).

If A is a \({\bf{6}} \times {\bf{4}}\) matrix, what is the smallest possible dimension of Null A?

Let \(A\) be an \(m \times n\) matrix of rank \(r > 0\) and let \(U\) be an echelon form of \(A\). Explain why there exists an invertible matrix \(E\) such that \(A = EU\), and use this factorization to write \(A\) as the sum of \(r\) rank 1 matrices. [Hint: See Theorem 10 in Section 2.4.]

Question: Exercises 12-17 develop properties of rank that are sometimes needed in applications. Assume the matrix \(A\) is \(m \times n\).

17. A submatrix of a matrix A is any matrix that results from deleting some (or no) rows and/or columns of A. It can be shown that A has rank \(r\) if and only if A contains an invertible \(r \times r\) submatrix and no longer square submatrix is invertible. Demonstrate part of this statement by explaining (a) why an \(m \times n\) matrix A of rank \(r\) has an \(m \times r\) submatrix \({A_1}\) of rank \(r\), and (b) why \({A_1}\) has an invertible \(r \times r\) submatrix \({A_2}\).

The concept of rank plays an important role in the design of engineering control systems, such as the space shuttle system mentioned in this chapter’s introductory example. A state-space model of a control system includes a difference equation of the form

\({{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _{k + 1}} = A{{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _k} + B{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _k}\)for \(k = 0,1,....\) (1)

Where \(A\) is \(n \times n\), \(B\) is \(n \times m\), \(\left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} _k}} \right\}\) is a sequence of “state vectors” in \({\mathbb{R}^n}\) that describe the state of the system at discrete times, and \(\left\{ {{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} _k}} \right\}\) is a control, or input, sequence. The pair \(\left( {A,B} \right)\) is said to be controllable if

\({\mathop{\rm rank}\nolimits} \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}B&{AB}&{{A^2}B}& \cdots &{{A^{n - 1}}B}\end{array}} \right) = n\) (2)

The matrix that appears in (2) is called the controllability matrix for the system. If \(\left( {A,B} \right)\) is controllable, then the system can be controlled, or driven from the state 0 to any specified state \({\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} \) (in \({\mathbb{R}^n}\)) in at most \(n\) steps, simply by choosing an appropriate control sequence in \({\mathbb{R}^m}\). This fact is illustrated in Exercise 18 for \(n = 4\) and \(m = 2\). For a further discussion of controllability, see this text’s website (Case study for Chapter 4).

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