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Section 2.8 When a Set Contains 0

Negate the following:

  1. It is raining \(\Longrightarrow\) there are clouds in the sky

  2. For any math problem there is a solution.

  3. For all integers, prime \(\Longrightarrow\) odd

  4. \(x=1, \; y=2\text{,}\) and \(z=3\)

Do the following mean the same thing in English? What about in math?

“For any …” “For all…” “For every…”

Negate the definition of \(\mathbb{S}\) being linearly independent to get a definition for \(\mathbb{S}\) being linearly dependent.

Show how to write the point \(\ot{a}{b}{c}\) as a linear combination of the points in \(\mathbb{S} = \{ \ot{1}{2}{0}, \ot{1}{0}{0}, \ot{1}{1}{1} \}\text{.}\) Is the set \(\mathbb{S}\) linearly independent?