Mathematics for AI and Machine Learning

Foundations for modern AI and machine learning

Linear Independence

Chapter 1 Linear algebra

Chapter 1: Vector Space and Inner Product — Linear Independence

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Chapter 1: Vector Space and Inner Product. In the chapter mind map this icon labels Linear Independence. The discussion below is excerpted and lightly edited from § Definition: Linear Independence in Mathematics for AI and Machine Learning.

Vectors $\mathbf{v}_0, \ldots, \mathbf{v}_{N-1} \in \mathbb{R}^d$ are linearly independent if the only solution $(c_0, \ldots, c_{N-1})$ to the equation $\sum_{n=0}^{N-1} c_n \mathbf{v}_n = \mathbf{0}$ is $c_0 = \cdots = c_{N-1} = 0$.

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What you see. Depicts vectors pointing in nonredundant directions, indicating that no vector is a linear combination of the others.

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