217k views
18 votes
Is it possible that all solutions of a homogeneous system of ten linear equations in twelve variables are multiples of one fixed nonzero solution

1 Answer

7 votes

The answer is no, because the Rank Theorem tells us that rank A + dim Nul A = 12 . Since the rank can be at most 10, the null space has to have dimension at least two.

User Ekos
by
4.0k points