Paper 1, Section I, G

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2014

State and prove the Steinitz Exchange Lemma. Use it to prove that, in a finitedimensional vector space: any two bases have the same size, and every linearly independent set extends to a basis.

Let e1,,ene_{1}, \ldots, e_{n} be the standard basis for Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}. Is e1+e2,e2+e3,e3+e1e_{1}+e_{2}, e_{2}+e_{3}, e_{3}+e_{1} a basis for R3?\mathbb{R}^{3} ? Is e1+e2,e2+e3,e3+e4,e4+e1e_{1}+e_{2}, e_{2}+e_{3}, e_{3}+e_{4}, e_{4}+e_{1} a basis for R4?\mathbb{R}^{4} ? Justify your answers.