Suppose A is an n n matrix, and let v1, . . . , vn Rn. Suppose {Av1, . . . , Avn} is

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Suppose A is an \(n \times n\) matrix, and let \(\mathbf{v}_{1}, \ldots, \mathbf{v}_{n} \in \mathbb{R}^{n}\). Suppose \(\left\{A \mathbf{v}_{1}, \ldots, A \mathbf{v}_{n}\right\}\) is linearly independent. Prove that A is nonsingular.

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QUESTION:

Suppose A is an \(n \times n\) matrix, and let \(\mathbf{v}_{1}, \ldots, \mathbf{v}_{n} \in \mathbb{R}^{n}\). Suppose \(\left\{A \mathbf{v}_{1}, \ldots, A \mathbf{v}_{n}\right\}\) is linearly independent. Prove that A is nonsingular.

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Suppose be an matrix and let .

Suppose is linearly independent.

To prove that is non-singular.

According to the given hypothesis, is linearly independent. Therefore, there exist constants such that

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