Definition:Homogeneous Linear Equations/Matrix Representation

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Definition

A system of homogeneous linear equations is often expressed as:

$\mathbf A \mathbf x = \mathbf 0$

where:

$\mathbf A = \begin {bmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & \cdots & a_{1n} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} & \cdots & a_{2n} \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ a_{m1} & a_{m2} & \cdots & a_{mn} \\ \end {bmatrix}$, $\mathbf x = \begin{bmatrix} x_1 \\ x_2 \\ \vdots \\ x_n \end{bmatrix}$, $\mathbf 0 = \begin {bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \\ \vdots \\ 0 \end {bmatrix}$

are matrices.


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