(idea) by crackho Thu Feb 07 2002 at 17:07:06
Given a vector space V, a spanning set is a set of vectors

S = {s1, s2, ... , sn}, with si ∈ V ∀ i ∈ R

Such that Sp<S> = V.


" sp<S> " means the span of S.

If a spanning set for V is also linearly independant, it is called a basis for V.
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