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Affine space/Finite point family/Affinely independent/Characterization/Fact

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Let E be an affine space over a K-vector space V, and let

P1,,Pn

denote a finite family of points in E. Then the following statements are equivalent.

  1. The points P1,,Pn are affinely independent.
  2. For every i{1,,n}, the family of vectors
    PiP1,,PiPi1,PiPi+1,,PiPn

    is linearly independent.

  3. There exists some i{1,,n} such that the family of vectors
    PiP1,,PiPi1,PiPi+1,,PiPn

    is linearly independent.

  4. The points P1,,Pn form an affine basis in the affine subspace generated by them.