For a linear map , its kernel of a linear map and image of a linear map are
Its nullity of a linear map is , and its rank of a linear map is .
Choose a basis of and extend it to a basis of . The vectors span , because applying to an arbitrary linear combination of the full basis eliminates the terms. They are also linearly independent: if , then , so for some coefficients. Independence of the extended basis forces all to vanish.
Consequently , and . This proves the rank-nullity theorem:
Choose a basis of , extend it to a basis of , and extend again to a basis of by adding . Define
Every member of the full basis lies in or , so the sum of vector subspaces is . If , express it in both displayed bases. Uniqueness of the coordinates in the full basis forces its and coefficients to vanish. Thus . The reverse inclusion is built into the construction, proving . This is a subspace supplement with a prescribed intersection.
For the matrix example, let
The skew-symmetric matrices are exactly , and the traceless matrices form . A suitable answer is
The matrix trace of is , so . Every real matrix has the decomposition
whose first term lies in and second in . Therefore , as required.
For a finite set of vectors in a real vector space, its span is the set of all linear combinations:
The span of the empty set is . The set is linearly independent if implies for every . It is a spanning set for if . A basis is both a linearly independent set and a spanning set.
For basis extension, start with the given linearly independent set. If it does not span , choose and adjoin it. The enlarged set remains linearly independent: a relation with would express as a linear combination of , a contradiction; if , independence of forces all other coefficients to be zero.
Repeat whenever the current span is proper. Each step increases the set's size by one, while the allowed bound says its size cannot exceed . Thus the process terminates with a linearly independent set spanning , hence a basis containing the original set. This also covers an initially empty set and the zero-dimensional vector space.
Write , and introduce perturbations to water depth, velocity, concentration and bed height. Take the leading quasi-steady approximation for the fast water and suspension response, retaining the small friction parameter . For , the linearized equations are
Here surface height is , and linearization of gives . Eliminating gives the dispersion relation
In particular, putting and expanding at large ,
Thus the temporal growth rate tends to a finite constant, while the phase velocity is
For supercritical flow , the waves propagate upstream. They grow if ; at leading order in small , this holds for fixed positive away from critical flow. They are antidunes, upstream-migrating bedforms coupled to the free surface. Indeed and , so surface height is in phase with the bed perturbation in this regime.
For clarity, neglecting completely gives the exact leading-order expressions
These also identify the missing qualification in the source: the unstable upstream branch requires . For this leading model gives decay and downstream propagation. The near-critical case needs a different balance; it is not covered by the expansion. Small nonzero perturbs the slow bedform branch and adds fast water modes, so the stated result concerns the leading slow morphodynamic branch. This is the high-wavenumber antidune dispersion calculation.
For the travelling wave , continuity gives . The upstream state fixes the constant as , hence
Substituting in momentum yields
so
A constant downstream state requires . The positive square-root choice would give , so the upstream-moving wave uses . Thus
The downstream flow reverses. Where the numerator is positive in , a smooth increasing profile requires a positive denominator. Its minimum occurs at , giving
Equality does not give the prescribed asymptotic upstream state: cancellation of the two simple zeros at leaves a nonzero slope there. For the strict inequality, separation of variables constructs the monotone profile whenever the numerator remains positive between its endpoint zeros.
There is an additional restriction hidden in the printed positivity hint. Put and . Since , the potentially vanishing factor of the numerator is
The other factor, , is positive for . Therefore the asserted positivity throughout holds precisely for , that is . For , the zero at intervenes before , preventing the requested monotone connection. For example , , gives . Thus the smooth upstream tidal-wave admissibility conditions are
At the downstream zero is double, giving an algebraic approach; below four the endpoint approaches are exponential. The displayed Froude number bound is the requested necessary condition, with the source's missing amplitude qualification made explicit.
Let be the constant canal width, large compared with water depth. Then and , so friction is . Choose a reference uniform water depth , normal-flow speed satisfying , and scales
The continuity equation becomes . Dividing momentum by and dropping hats gives
The Froude number compares velocity to long gravity-wave speed. At the reference state, is subcritical flow, critical flow, and supercritical flow. In dimensional variables the wave characteristics travel at : one can propagate upstream in subcritical flow, while both move downstream in supercritical flow. Away from the reference state the local Froude number is .
These are the one-dimensional shallow water equations with bed slope and friction. The coordinate measures distance downstream, is time, is the wetted cross-sectional area, is section-averaged downstream velocity, and is water water depth above the bed. Thus is water volume flux and the first equation expresses mass conservation.
In the momentum equation, is the material acceleration, is gravitational acceleration, and is the positive downward bed slope, so drives the flow. The wetted perimeter is and is a dimensionless friction coefficient in the stated convention. The frictional deceleration is for downstream flow, while is the hydrostatic pressure contribution from surface-height variation relative to the sloping bed. The formula assumes the chosen positive-flow direction; a bidirectional friction model uses .

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