Suppose is one solution. By linearity,
Thus the solution set of a linear system is exactly . It has one member if the kernel is . Conversely, if there is a unique solution and , then is also a solution, forcing . Combining this with i gives
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.
By i, a free choice of is possible precisely when and . Thus
The complete solution set of a linear system is
The direction vector spans the kernel, and the displayed straight line is the entire solution set of a linear system.