Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2017/prelims/mathematics-i/2/b/iv/solution

Yes. A surjective has , so every is attained. Its rank of a linear map is , and the rank-nullity theorem gives
The solution set of a linear system is therefore a translate of a nonzero vector subspace, containing infinitely many solutions as in iii.

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