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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics I 3 a iii Solution by
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Write . Since , necessarily . Rearranging givesAll generators of therefore belong to , proving one set inclusion. Conversely, all belong to the linear subspace , proving the other set inclusion. ThusThis linear span exchange does not require linear independence of the original vectors.
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