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linear combination (Definition)

A linear combination of vectors $\vec{v}_1,\dots,\vec{v}_n$ of a vector space $V$ over a field $F$ is a vector of the form $$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i\vec{v}_i,$$ where the $a_i$ are elements of $F$




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This is version 12 of linear combination, born on 2001-11-13, modified 2004-04-05.
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AMS MSC15A03 (Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory :: Vector spaces, linear dependence, rank)

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