Let be an
affine space
over a
-vector space
, and let
-
denote a finite family of points in . Then the following statements are equivalent.
- The points are
affinely independent.
- For every
,
the family of vectors
-
is
linearly independent.
- There exists some
such that the family of vectors
-
is linearly independent.
- The points form an
affine basis
in the
affine subspace
generated
by them.