定义:对
m
m
m个
n
n
n维向量
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
m
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{m}
α1,α2,⋯,αm,若存在不全为
0
0
0的实数
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
m
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{m}
k1,k2,⋯,km使
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
k
m
α
m
=
0
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{m}\alpha_{m}=0
k1α1+k2α2+⋯+kmαm=0
成立,则其向量组
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
m
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{m}
α1,α2,⋯,αm线性相关,否则称其线性无关
例:判断向量组 α 1 = ( 1 , 2 , − 1 , 4 ) T , α 2 = ( 0 , − 1 , − 5 , 3 ) T , α 3 = ( 2 , 5 , 3 , 5 ) T \alpha_{1}=(1,2,-1,4)^{T},\alpha_{2}=(0,-1,-5,3)^{T},\alpha_{3}=(2,5,3,5)^{T} α1=(1,2,−1,4)T,α2=(0,−1,−5,3)T,α3=(2,5,3,5)T的线性相关性
设
x
1
α
1
+
x
2
α
2
+
x
3
α
3
=
0
x_{1}\alpha_{1}+x_{2}\alpha_{2}+x_{3}\alpha_{3}=0
x1α1+x2α2+x3α3=0,即
x
1
(
1
2
−
1
4
)
+
x
2
(
0
−
1
−
5
3
)
+
x
3
(
2
5
3
5
)
=
(
0
0
0
0
)
x_{1}
按分量写出
{
x
1
+
2
x
3
=
0
2
x
1
−
x
2
+
5
x
3
=
0
−
x
1
−
5
x
2
+
3
x
3
=
0
4
x
1
+
3
x
2
+
5
x
2
=
0
写出系数矩阵
(
1
0
2
2
−
1
5
−
1
−
5
3
4
3
5
)
→
(
1
0
2
0
1
−
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
)
同解方程组
{
x
1
+
2
x
3
=
0
x
2
−
x
3
=
0
有非零解
定理:向量组
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
m
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{m}
α1,α2,⋯,αm线性相关
⇔
\Leftrightarrow
⇔存在不全为
0
0
0的
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
m
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{m}
k1,k2,⋯,km,使
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
k
m
α
m
=
0
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{m}\alpha_{m}=0
k1α1+k2α2+⋯+kmαm=0
⇔
\Leftrightarrow
⇔存在不全为
0
0
0的
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
m
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{m}
k1,k2,⋯,km,使
(
α
1
α
2
⋯
α
m
)
(
k
1
k
2
⋮
k
m
)
=
0
⇔
\Leftrightarrow
⇔齐次方程组有非零解
(
α
1
α
2
⋯
α
m
)
(
x
1
x
2
⋮
x
m
)
=
0
⇔
r
(
α
1
α
2
⋯
α
m
)
<
m
\Leftrightarrow r
推论:
例:
A
=
(
1
2
−
2
2
1
2
3
0
4
)
,
α
=
(
a
1
1
)
A=
A
α
=
(
a
2
a
+
3
3
a
+
4
)
A
α
A \alpha
Aα与
α
\alpha
α线性相关
a
a
=
2
a
+
3
1
=
3
a
+
4
1
\frac{a}{a}= \frac{2a+3}{1}=\frac{3a+4}{1}
aa=12a+3=13a+4
因此
a
=
−
1
a=-1
a=−1
例:
A
=
(
α
1
α
2
⋯
α
n
)
,
B
=
(
β
1
β
2
⋯
β
n
)
,
A
B
=
(
γ
1
γ
2
⋯
γ
n
)
A=
符合
n
n
n个
n
n
n维向量,则有
(
III
)
线性相关
⇔
∣
A
B
∣
=
0
∣
A
∣
⋅
∣
B
∣
=
0
∣
A
∣
=
0
或
∣
B
∣
=
0
得证
定理:如果
n
n
n维向量
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n}
α1,α2,⋯,αn线性无关,
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
,
β
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n},\beta
α1,α2,⋯,αn,β线性相关,则向量
β
\beta
β可由
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n}
α1,α2,⋯,αn线性表出,且表示方法唯一
证明:因为
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
,
β
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n},\beta
α1,α2,⋯,αn,β线性相关,故存在不全为
0
0
0的
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
n
,
k
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{n},k
k1,k2,⋯,kn,k,使得
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
k
n
α
n
+
k
β
=
0
(1)
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{n}\alpha_{n}+k \beta=0\tag1
k1α1+k2α2+⋯+knαn+kβ=0(1)
(反证)如果
k
=
0
k=0
k=0,则
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
n
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{n}
k1,k2,⋯,kn不全为
0
0
0,而
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
k
n
α
n
=
0
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{n}\alpha_{n}=0
k1α1+k2α2+⋯+knαn=0
与条件
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n}
α1,α2,⋯,αn线性无关矛盾,从而
k
≠
0
k\ne0
k=0,由
(
1
)
(1)
(1)得
β
=
−
k
1
k
α
1
−
k
2
k
α
2
−
⋯
−
k
n
k
α
n
\beta=- \frac{k_{1}}{k}\alpha_{1}- \frac{k_{2}}{k}\alpha_{2}-\cdots- \frac{k_{n}}{k}\alpha_{n}
β=−kk1α1−kk2α2−⋯−kknαn
即
β
\beta
β一定能由
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n}
α1,α2,⋯,αn线性表出
(反证)如果
β
\beta
β有两种不同的表示方法,设
β
=
x
1
α
1
+
x
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
x
n
α
n
=
y
1
α
1
+
y
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
y
n
α
n
两式相减
(
x
1
−
y
1
)
α
1
+
(
x
2
−
y
2
)
α
2
+
⋯
+
(
x
n
−
y
n
)
α
n
=
0
(x_{1}-y_{1})\alpha_{1}+(x_{2}-y_{2})\alpha_{2}+\cdots+(x_{n}-y_{n})\alpha_{n}=0
(x1−y1)α1+(x2−y2)α2+⋯+(xn−yn)αn=0
因有两种不同的表示
x
1
−
y
1
,
x
2
−
y
2
,
⋯
,
x
n
−
y
n
x_{1}-y_{1},x_{2}-y_{2},\cdots,x_{n}-y_{n}
x1−y1,x2−y2,⋯,xn−yn不全为
0
0
0与
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
n
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{n}
α1,α2,⋯,αn线性无关相矛盾,从而
β
\beta
β的表示法唯一
定理:向量组 α 1 , α 2 , ⋯ , α s ( s ≥ 2 ) \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}(s\geq2) α1,α2,⋯,αs(s≥2)线性相关 ⇔ \Leftrightarrow ⇔存在 a i a_{i} ai可由其余的向量线性表出
必要性
如
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs线性相关,则存在不全为
0
0
0的
k
1
,
k
2
,
⋯
,
k
s
k_{1},k_{2},\cdots,k_{s}
k1,k2,⋯,ks
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
⋯
+
k
s
α
s
=
0
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{s}\alpha_{s}=0
k1α1+k2α2+⋯+ksαs=0
不妨设
k
1
≠
0
k_{1}\ne0
k1=0,则有
k
1
α
1
=
−
k
2
α
2
−
⋯
−
k
s
α
s
k_{1}\alpha_{1}=-k_{2}\alpha_{2}-\cdots-k_{s}\alpha_{s}
k1α1=−k2α2−⋯−ksαs
于是
α
1
=
−
k
2
k
1
α
2
−
⋯
−
k
s
k
1
α
s
\alpha_{1}=- \frac{k_{2}}{k_{1}}\alpha_{2}-\cdots- \frac{k_{s}}{k_{1}}\alpha_{s}
α1=−k1k2α2−⋯−k1ksαs
充分性
如果
α
i
\alpha_{i}
αi可由
α
1
,
⋯
,
α
i
−
1
,
α
i
+
1
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\cdots, \alpha_{i-1},\alpha_{i+1},\cdots ,\alpha_{s}
α1,⋯,αi−1,αi+1,⋯,αs线性表出,设
α
i
=
k
1
α
1
+
⋯
+
k
i
−
1
α
i
−
1
+
k
i
+
1
α
i
+
1
+
⋯
+
k
s
α
s
\alpha_{i}=k_{1}\alpha_{1}+\cdots+k_{i-1}\alpha_{i-1}+k_{i+1}\alpha_{i+1}+\cdots+k_{s}\alpha_{s}
αi=k1α1+⋯+ki−1αi−1+ki+1αi+1+⋯+ksαs
即有
k
1
α
1
+
⋯
+
k
i
−
1
α
i
−
1
−
α
i
+
k
i
+
1
α
i
+
1
+
⋯
+
k
s
α
s
=
0
k_{1}\alpha_{1}+\cdots+k_{i-1}\alpha_{i-1}-\alpha_{i}+k_{i+1}\alpha_{i+1}+\cdots+k_{s}\alpha_{s}=0
k1α1+⋯+ki−1αi−1−αi+ki+1αi+1+⋯+ksαs=0
组合系数
k
1
,
⋯
,
k
i
−
1
,
−
1
,
k
i
+
1
,
⋯
,
k
s
k_{1},\cdots,k_{i-1},-1,k_{i+1},\cdots,k_{s}
k1,⋯,ki−1,−1,ki+1,⋯,ks
不全为
0
0
0
定理:如果
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs可由
β
1
,
β
2
,
⋯
,
β
t
\beta_{1},\beta_{2},\cdots,\beta_{t}
β1,β2,⋯,βt线性表出,且
s
>
t
s>t
s>t,则
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs必然线性相关
即多数向量能够用少数向量表示,则多数向量一定线性相关
推论:如果
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs线性无关,且
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs可由
β
1
,
β
2
,
⋯
,
β
t
\beta_{1},\beta_{2},\cdots,\beta_{t}
β1,β2,⋯,βt线性表出,则
s
≤
t
s\leq t
s≤t
简单的线性无关证明题思路
当 k 1 α 1 + k 2 α 2 + ⋯ + k s α s = 0 k_{1}\alpha_{1}+k_{2}\alpha_{2}+\cdots+k_{s}\alpha_{s}=0 k1α1+k2α2+⋯+ksαs=0时,必有 k 1 = 0 , k 2 = 0 , ⋯ , k s = 0 k_{1}=0,k_{2}=0,\cdots,k_{s}=0 k1=0,k2=0,⋯,ks=0,则称向量组 α 1 , α 2 , ⋯ , α s \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s} α1,α2,⋯,αs线性无关
例:已知 A A A为 n n n阶可逆矩阵, α 1 , α 2 , α 3 \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\alpha_{3} α1,α2,α3是 n n n维线性无关向量,证明 A α 1 , A α 2 , A α 3 A \alpha_{1},A \alpha_{2},A \alpha_{3} Aα1,Aα2,Aα3线性无关
设
k
1
A
α
1
+
k
2
A
α
2
+
k
3
A
α
3
=
0
A
(
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
k
3
α
3
)
=
0
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
k
3
α
3
=
A
−
1
⋅
0
k
1
α
1
+
k
2
α
2
+
k
3
α
3
=
0
由于
α
1
,
α
2
,
α
3
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\alpha_{3}
α1,α2,α3是
n
n
n维线性无关向量,则
k
1
=
0
,
k
2
=
0
,
k
3
=
0
k_{1}=0,k_{2}=0,k_{3}=0
k1=0,k2=0,k3=0
因此,
A
α
1
,
A
α
2
,
A
α
3
A \alpha_{1},A \alpha_{2},A \alpha_{3}
Aα1,Aα2,Aα3线性无关
例:已知 α 1 , α 2 , α 3 \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\alpha_{3} α1,α2,α3线性无关,证明 α 1 + α 2 , α 2 + α 3 , α 3 + α 1 \alpha_{1}+\alpha_{2},\alpha_{2}+\alpha_{3},\alpha_{3}+\alpha_{1} α1+α2,α2+α3,α3+α1线性无关
设
k
1
(
α
1
+
α
2
)
+
k
2
(
α
2
+
α
3
)
+
k
3
(
α
3
+
α
1
)
=
0
(
k
1
+
k
3
)
α
1
+
(
k
1
+
k
2
)
α
2
+
(
k
2
+
k
3
)
α
3
=
0
因为
α
1
,
α
2
,
α
3
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\alpha_{3}
α1,α2,α3线性无关
{
k
1
+
k
3
=
0
k
1
+
k
2
=
0
k
2
+
k
3
=
0
(1)
由
∣
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
∣
=
2
≠
0
齐次方程组
(
1
)
(1)
(1)只有
0
0
0解,即必有
k
1
=
0
,
k
2
=
0
,
k
3
=
0
k_{1}=0,k_{2}=0,k_{3}=0
k1=0,k2=0,k3=0,因此
α
1
+
α
2
,
α
2
+
α
3
,
α
3
+
α
1
\alpha_{1}+\alpha_{2},\alpha_{2}+\alpha_{3},\alpha_{3}+\alpha_{1}
α1+α2,α2+α3,α3+α1线性无关
向量组 α i 1 , α i 2 , ⋯ , α i r ( i ≤ i r ) \alpha_{i_{1}},\alpha_{i_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{i_{r}}(i\leq i_{r}) αi1,αi2,⋯,αir(i≤ir)是向量组 α 1 , α 2 , ⋯ , α s \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s} α1,α2,⋯,αs的部分组,且满足
则称 α i 1 , α i 2 , ⋯ , α i r \alpha_{i_{1}},\alpha_{i_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{i_{r}} αi1,αi2,⋯,αir是向量组 α 1 , α 2 , ⋯ , α s \alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s} α1,α2,⋯,αs的一个极大线性无关组
同一向量组可以有多个极大线性无关组,其中的成员组成不一样,数量一定一样
定理:如果
α
i
1
,
α
i
2
,
⋯
,
α
i
r
\alpha_{i_{1}},\alpha_{i_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{i_{r}}
αi1,αi2,⋯,αir与
α
j
1
,
α
j
2
,
⋯
,
α
j
t
\alpha_{j_{1}},\alpha_{j_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{j_{t}}
αj1,αj2,⋯,αjt都是向量组
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs的极大线性无关组,则
r
=
t
r=t
r=t
证明:
因为
α
i
1
,
α
i
2
,
⋯
,
α
i
r
\alpha_{i_{1}},\alpha_{i_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{i_{r}}
αi1,αi2,⋯,αir是
α
1
,
α
2
,
⋯
,
α
s
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2},\cdots,\alpha_{s}
α1,α2,⋯,αs的极大线性无关组,那么
α
j
1
,
α
j
2
,
⋯
,
α
j
t
\alpha_{j_{1}},\alpha_{j_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{j_{t}}
αj1,αj2,⋯,αjt可由
α
i
1
,
α
i
2
,
⋯
,
α
i
r
\alpha_{i_{1}},\alpha_{i_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{i_{r}}
αi1,αi2,⋯,αir线性表示
又因为
α
j
1
,
α
j
2
,
⋯
,
α
j
t
\alpha_{j_{1}},\alpha_{j_{2}},\cdots,\alpha_{j_{t}}
αj1,αj2,⋯,αjt线性无关,则有
t
≤
r
t\leq r
t≤r
同理
r
≤
t
r\leq t
r≤t,故有
r
=
t
r=t
r=t
例:已知向量组 α 1 = ( 1 , − 1 , 0 , 5 ) T , α 2 = ( 2 , 0 , 1 , 4 ) T , α 3 = ( 3 , 1 , 2 , 3 ) T , α 4 = ( 4 , 2 , 3 , a ) T \alpha_{1}=(1,-1,0,5)^{T},\alpha_{2}=(2,0,1,4)^{T},\alpha_{3}=(3,1,2,3)^{T},\alpha_{4}=(4,2,3,a)^{T} α1=(1,−1,0,5)T,α2=(2,0,1,4)T,α3=(3,1,2,3)T,α4=(4,2,3,a)T,其中 a a a是参数,求向量组的秩与一个极大线性无关组,并将其他向量用该极大线性无关组线性表示
经初等行变换
(
α
1
α
2
α
3
α
4
)
=
(
1
2
3
4
−
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
5
4
3
a
)
→
(
1
0
−
1
−
2
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
a
−
2
0
0
0
0
)
当
a
=
2
a=2
a=2时,秩
r
(
α
1
α
2
α
3
α
4
)
=
2
r
(行最简形式中第一二列、一二行行列式不为
0
0
0;同理可以使
α
1
,
α
3
\alpha_{1},\alpha_{3}
α1,α3,即第一三列、一二行行列式不为
0
0
0)
一般选择主元,即行最简每行主元所在的列,为了便于用极大线性无关组表示其他向量
当
α
≠
2
\alpha\ne2
α=2,秩
r
(
α
1
α
2
α
3
α
4
)
=
3
r
k k k阶子式: A A A为 m × n m\times n m×n的矩阵,任取 k k k行与 k k k列 ( k ≤ m , k ≤ n ) (k\leq m,k\leq n) (k≤m,k≤n)位于交叉点的 k 2 k^{2} k2元素,按 A A A中的位置次序而得到的 k k k阶行列式,称为矩阵 A A A的 k k k阶子式
秩:矩阵
A
A
A中非
0
0
0子式的最高阶数称为矩阵
A
A
A的秩,记为
r
(
A
)
r(A)
r(A)
r
(
A
)
=
r
⇔
A
r(A)=r\Leftrightarrow A
r(A)=r⇔A中有
r
r
r阶子式不为
0
0
0而所有
r
+
1
r+1
r+1阶子式(若有)全为
0
0
0
r
(
A
)
<
r
⇔
A
r(A)
r
(
A
)
≥
r
⇔
A
r(A)\geq r\Leftrightarrow A
r(A)≥r⇔A中
r
r
r阶子式全不为
0
0
0
A
≠
0
⇔
r
(
A
)
≥
1
A\ne0\Leftrightarrow r(A)\geq1
A=0⇔r(A)≥1
A
为
n
阶矩阵
,
r
(
A
)
=
n
⇔
∣
A
∣
≠
0
⇔
A
A为n阶矩阵,r(A)=n\Leftrightarrow|A|\ne0\Leftrightarrow A
A为n阶矩阵,r(A)=n⇔∣A∣=0⇔A可逆
r
(
1
2
−
1
0
3
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
1
)
=
3
r
例:已知
r
(
A
)
=
3
,
A
=
(
1
1
1
1
0
1
−
1
b
2
3
a
4
3
5
1
7
)
r(A)=3,A=
对矩阵
A
A
A作初等变换
A
=
(
1
1
1
1
0
1
−
1
b
2
3
a
4
3
5
1
7
)
→
(
1
1
1
1
0
1
−
1
b
0
0
a
−
1
2
−
b
0
0
0
4
−
2
b
)
A=
有
{
a
−
1
=
0
4
−
2
b
≠
0
或
{
a
−
1
≠
0
4
−
2
b
=
0
则
a
≠
1
,
b
=
2
a\ne1,b=2
a=1,b=2或
a
=
1
,
b
≠
2
a=1,b\ne2
a=1,b=2