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Dimension

If and are both bases of , then ; this common size is the dimension of .

Theorem 2.56
If and are bases for the same vector space , then . The number is called the dimension of .

Exchange properties

In a vector space of dimension :

  1. If spans with , removing vectors from yields a basis.

  2. If is a linearly independent set with , adding vectors to yields a basis.

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