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Section 21.2 Terminology and notation

The following definitions all apply to an \(m \times n\) matrix.

column space

the subspace of \(\R^m\) formed by the span of the columns of the matrix

row space

the subspace of \(\R^n\) formed by the span of the rows of the matrix

null space

the subspace of \(\R^n\) formed by the solution set of the homogeneous system with that matrix as the coefficient matrix

nullity

the dimension of the null space of the matrix