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Linearly independent/Simple properties/Fact

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Let K be a field, let V be a K-vector space, and let vi, iI, be a family of vectors in V. Then the following statements hold.

  1. If the family is linearly independent, then for each subset JI, also the family vi , iJ, is linearly independent.
  2. The empty family is linearly independent.
  3. If the family contains the null vector, then it is not linearly independent.
  4. If a vector appears several times in the family, then the family is not linearly independent.
  5. A single vector v is linearly independent if and only if v0.
  6. Two vectors v and u are linearly independent if and only if u is not a scalar multiple of v and vice versa.