Is echelon form a requirement to show a matrix has no solutions?












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Do I need to get a matrix into echelon form to prove that it has no solutions, or do I only need a pivot in the last column. For example, would the following row operation show that there are no solutions to the linear system represented that by the augmented matrix below?



$begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\-1&1&5&3end{bmatrix}$ $Rightarrow$ $begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\0&0&0&1end{bmatrix}$






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  • What entry did you pivot on?
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  • I'm not sure what definition of pivot you are using. By pivot, I mean the "leading entry in a row".
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Do I need to get a matrix into echelon form to prove that it has no solutions, or do I only need a pivot in the last column. For example, would the following row operation show that there are no solutions to the linear system represented that by the augmented matrix below?



$begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\-1&1&5&3end{bmatrix}$ $Rightarrow$ $begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\0&0&0&1end{bmatrix}$






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  • What entry did you pivot on?
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    – Gaussian Elimination
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Do I need to get a matrix into echelon form to prove that it has no solutions, or do I only need a pivot in the last column. For example, would the following row operation show that there are no solutions to the linear system represented that by the augmented matrix below?



$begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\-1&1&5&3end{bmatrix}$ $Rightarrow$ $begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\0&0&0&1end{bmatrix}$






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Do I need to get a matrix into echelon form to prove that it has no solutions, or do I only need a pivot in the last column. For example, would the following row operation show that there are no solutions to the linear system represented that by the augmented matrix below?



$begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\-1&1&5&3end{bmatrix}$ $Rightarrow$ $begin{bmatrix}1&-3&0&5\-1&1&5&2\0&0&0&1end{bmatrix}$






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  • What entry did you pivot on?
    – coffeemath
    7 hours ago










  • I'm not sure what definition of pivot you are using. By pivot, I mean the "leading entry in a row".
    – Gaussian Elimination
    7 hours ago


















  • What entry did you pivot on?
    – coffeemath
    7 hours ago










  • I'm not sure what definition of pivot you are using. By pivot, I mean the "leading entry in a row".
    – Gaussian Elimination
    7 hours ago
















What entry did you pivot on?
– coffeemath
7 hours ago




What entry did you pivot on?
– coffeemath
7 hours ago












I'm not sure what definition of pivot you are using. By pivot, I mean the "leading entry in a row".
– Gaussian Elimination
7 hours ago




I'm not sure what definition of pivot you are using. By pivot, I mean the "leading entry in a row".
– Gaussian Elimination
7 hours ago










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Your transformation suffices; if you translate your matrix back into a system of linear equations, the last row gives the equation $0 cdot x + 0 cdot y + 0 cdot z = 1$.



This is indeed the beauty of the representation of systems of linear equations as matrices: you perform simple operations on the rows of the matrix but preserve the solution set of the original system. At the end, you just read off the solutions.






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    No, it's not required. Once you've performed row operations (as you have) to a point where you reach an inconsistency, you can conclude the system has no solutions. Going all the way to echelon form, or rref, won't change that.






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      You only have to prove the matrix of the homogeneous part and the augmented matrix do not have the same rank. In the present case, it is enough: the matrix of the homogeneous part has rank $2$ and the augmented matrix has rank $3$.






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        Your transformation suffices; if you translate your matrix back into a system of linear equations, the last row gives the equation $0 cdot x + 0 cdot y + 0 cdot z = 1$.



        This is indeed the beauty of the representation of systems of linear equations as matrices: you perform simple operations on the rows of the matrix but preserve the solution set of the original system. At the end, you just read off the solutions.






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          Your transformation suffices; if you translate your matrix back into a system of linear equations, the last row gives the equation $0 cdot x + 0 cdot y + 0 cdot z = 1$.



          This is indeed the beauty of the representation of systems of linear equations as matrices: you perform simple operations on the rows of the matrix but preserve the solution set of the original system. At the end, you just read off the solutions.






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            Your transformation suffices; if you translate your matrix back into a system of linear equations, the last row gives the equation $0 cdot x + 0 cdot y + 0 cdot z = 1$.



            This is indeed the beauty of the representation of systems of linear equations as matrices: you perform simple operations on the rows of the matrix but preserve the solution set of the original system. At the end, you just read off the solutions.






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            Your transformation suffices; if you translate your matrix back into a system of linear equations, the last row gives the equation $0 cdot x + 0 cdot y + 0 cdot z = 1$.



            This is indeed the beauty of the representation of systems of linear equations as matrices: you perform simple operations on the rows of the matrix but preserve the solution set of the original system. At the end, you just read off the solutions.







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                No, it's not required. Once you've performed row operations (as you have) to a point where you reach an inconsistency, you can conclude the system has no solutions. Going all the way to echelon form, or rref, won't change that.






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                  No, it's not required. Once you've performed row operations (as you have) to a point where you reach an inconsistency, you can conclude the system has no solutions. Going all the way to echelon form, or rref, won't change that.






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                    No, it's not required. Once you've performed row operations (as you have) to a point where you reach an inconsistency, you can conclude the system has no solutions. Going all the way to echelon form, or rref, won't change that.






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                    No, it's not required. Once you've performed row operations (as you have) to a point where you reach an inconsistency, you can conclude the system has no solutions. Going all the way to echelon form, or rref, won't change that.







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                        You only have to prove the matrix of the homogeneous part and the augmented matrix do not have the same rank. In the present case, it is enough: the matrix of the homogeneous part has rank $2$ and the augmented matrix has rank $3$.






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                          You only have to prove the matrix of the homogeneous part and the augmented matrix do not have the same rank. In the present case, it is enough: the matrix of the homogeneous part has rank $2$ and the augmented matrix has rank $3$.






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                            You only have to prove the matrix of the homogeneous part and the augmented matrix do not have the same rank. In the present case, it is enough: the matrix of the homogeneous part has rank $2$ and the augmented matrix has rank $3$.






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