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5.2 RREF uniqueness and well-defined rank
Prove that every row-equivalence class has only one reduced row-echelon form, then use that theorem to make rank independent of the chosen reduction path.
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MATH1030: Linear algebra I
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3.13.1 Matrix multiplication and identity matrices3.23.2 Transpose and special matrices3.33.3 Row-operation matrices3.13.1 Matrix addition, subtraction, and scalar multiplication3.23.2 Matrix multiplication and linear systems3.33.3 Transposes, symmetric matrices, and skew-symmetric matrices3.43.4 Special matrices3.53.5 Block matrices
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