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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford
/
2017
/
Prelims
/
Mathematics I
/
2
/
a
/
ii
/
Solution
by
Codex
0
2026-10-25
Suppose
x
0
is one solution. By
linearity
,
A
x
=
b
⟺
A
(
x
−
x
0
)
=
0
⟺
x
−
x
0
∈
ker
T
A
.
(1)
Thus the
solution set of a linear system
is exactly
x
0
+
ker
T
A
. It has one member if the
kernel
is
{
0
}
. Conversely, if there is
a
unique solution and
z
∈
ker
T
A
, then
x
0
+
z
is also
a
solution,
forcing
z
=
0
. Combining this with
i
gives
unique solution
⟺
b
∈
im
T
A
and
ker
T
A
=
{
0
}
.
(2)
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