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OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it possible for a vector space to have more than one basis?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes.

OpenStudy (phi):

sure, for example [1 0] and [0 1] [1 0] and [1 1] are both bases for 2-d space

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok then tell me if S={u1,u2,.....,un} and S'={v1,v2,....,vn} be two bases far a vectorspace V then v1=au1+bu2+......+zun ie every element of V(it can be v1 which is also the element of 2nd basis) can be written as a linear combination of basis vectors u1,u2,....un. how is it possible that a linearly independent vector i.e v1 in this case can b written as a linear combination of other linearly independent vectors. how???

OpenStudy (phi):

vectors are independent relative to all others in a set of vectors. In pictures: |dw:1328108084917:dw|

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