Definition:Nondegenerate Tuple of Elements of Scalar Product Space
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Definition
Let $\struct {V, q}$ be the scalar product space.
Let $v_i \in V$ for $i \in \N_{> 0}$.
Let $\tuple {v_1, \ldots, v_k}$ an ordered $k$-tuple.
Suppose, for each $j \in \N_{> 0}$ such that $j \le k$ vectors $\tuple {v_1, \ldots, v_j}$ span a nondegenerate $j$-dimensional subspace of $V$.
Then $\tuple {v_1, \ldots, v_k}$ is said to be nondegenerate.
Sources
- 2018: John M. Lee: Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2$: Riemannian Metrics. Pseudo-Riemannian Metrics