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## Linear Algebra
### Vectors and Vector Spaces
Linear algebra is all about [[Vector|vectors]], commonly represented as [[tuple|tuples]] and what happens when you [[vector addition|add]] and [[scalar multiplication|scale]] them.
Vectors are [[Element of a Set|elements]] of [[vector space|vector spaces]], and as such, can be combined to form more vectors within the same spaces.
A [[subset]] of a vector space that also meets the requirements of being a vector space is called a [[subspace]]
A sum of scaled vectors are a [[linear combination]], and [[the set of all linear combinations of a set of vectors forms a subspace]]
Vector addition is pretty straight forward, but their multiplication(s) are a little less obvious. The [[dot product]] results in a scalar, and it has a few uses. 'Squaring' a vector by taking the dot product of a vector and itself, results in the square of the [[vector length]], so a simple square root afterwards will give the magnitude.
[[non-degeneracy property of dot product]]
[[unit vector]]
[[perpendicular vectors have a zero dot product]]
[[dot product of unit vectors is cosine of angle between]]
[[cosine of angle between vectors]]
[[Cauchy-Schwarz-Buniakowsky Inequality]]
[[Triangle Inequality]]
[[function space]]
[[continuous functions are a subspace of function space]]
[[differentiable functions are a subspace of continuous functions]]
[[intersections of subspaces are also subspaces]]
[[linearly dependent vectors]]
[[linearly independent vectors]]
[[standard basis vectors]]
[[basis for vector space]]
[[uniqueness of combination of independent vectors]]
[[coordinate with respect to basis]]
[[maximal subset of independent vectors]]
[[maximal subsets form a basis]]
[[larger sets of vectors than the maximal are dependent]]
[[bases for a vector space have equivalent cardinality]]
[[dimension of a vector space]]
[[subspace of equal dimension is equal]]
[[subspace never has greater dimension]]
[[completing a basis]]
[[sum of subspaces]]
[[direct sum of subspaces]]
[[existence of direct sum]]
[[dimension of direct sum]]
[[direct product of vector spaces]]
### Matrices
[[matrix]]
[[matrix addition]]
[[scalar matrix multiplication]]
[[matrix multiplication]]
[[matrix multiplication distributes over matrix addition]]
[[scalars commute and associates through matrix multiplication]]
[[matrix multiplication is associative]]
[[matrix transpose]]
[[square matrix]]
[[diagonal matrix]]
[[identity matrix]]
[[system of linear equations]]
[[homogeneous system]]
It's easy to burn out on linear algebra... Hoping to return soon.
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