If the Wronskian of a set of functions is identically zero at every point of an interval I, then the set of functions is linearly dependent. True or False. If false, give a counterexample
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If the Wronskian of a set of functions is identically zero at every point of an interval I, then the set of functions is linearly dependent. True or False. If false, give a counterexample
Please, help

anonymous · Answer

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loser66 · Answer

Thanks anyway. I appreciate any response

ybarrap · Answer

False. Take, for example ,the functions, $x^2$ and $|x|x$ , which are continuous and linearly independent near x=0. Yet, their Wronkians are zero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wronskian http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=wronskian%28x^2%2C |x|x%29