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Linear Algebra Examples
Step 1
The kernel of a transformation is a vector that makes the transformation equal to the zero vector (the pre-image of the transformation).
Step 2
Create a system of equations from the vector equation.
Step 3
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 4
Write the system of equations in matrix form.
Step 5
Multiply each element of by to make the entry at a .
Multiply each element of by to make the entry at a .
Simplify .
Step 6
Use the result matrix to declare the final solutions to the system of equations.
Step 7
This expression is the solution set for the system of equations.
Step 8
Decompose a solution vector by re-arranging each equation represented in the row-reduced form of the augmented matrix by solving for the dependent variable in each row yields the vector equality.
Step 9
The null space of the set is the set of vectors created from the free variables of the system.
Step 10
The kernel of is the subspace .