Row and Column Spaces - Example

Example

Given a matrix J:

J = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 4 & 1 & 3 & 2\\ -1 & -2 & 1 & 0 & 5\\ 1 & 6 & 2 & 2 & 2\\ 3 & 6 & 2 & 5 & 1 \end{bmatrix}

the rows are r1 = (2,4,1,3,2), r2 = (−1,−2,1,0,5), r3 = (1,6,2,2,2), r4 = (3,6,2,5,1). Consequently the row space of J is the subspace of R5 spanned by { r1, r2, r3, r4 }. Since these four row vectors are linearly independent, the row space is 4-dimensional. Moreover in this case it can be seen that they are all orthogonal to the vector n = (6,−1,4,−4,0), so it can be deduced that the row space consists of all vectors in R5 that are orthogonal to n.

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