[Math] Spanning Set And Solution Of Linear Equations

linear algebrasystems of equationsvector-spaces

Let $\{(2,0,4),(0,1,0),(6,5,12)\}$ be vectors in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Does $Span\{(2,0,4),(0,1,0),(6,5,12)\}=\mathbb{R}^3$

It can be solved in numerous ways, but the one I am looking for is to prove that the set spans/or does not spans every vector in $\mathbb{R}^3$

To do so I put the vectors in a matrix \begin{pmatrix}
2 & 0 & 6\\
0 & 1 & 5\\
4 & 0 & 12\\
\end{pmatrix} and look at the solutions of the homogeneous system? if there no so it does not spans every vector in $\mathbb{R}^3$? but what it it has infinite solutions or one solution?

Best Answer

An homogenous system of linear equations alwwyas has a solution: the null solution.

In your case, you have three equations in three unknowns. Then your vectors span $\mathbb{R}^3$ if and only if the system has one and only one solution.