Linear Systems.

Many problems in natural and social sciences as well as in engineering and physical sciences deal with linear system of equations . An equation of the type 

expressing the variable a linear equation. Similarly, the equation

 

in terms of the variable 

and constant  is called

expressing the variable in terms of the variables  constants  is called a linear equation. In many applications find numbers



and known

and the constants  are given and we must called unknowns (variables), satisfying (1).

A solution to a linear equation is a sequence of  has property that (1) is satisfied when  substituted in (1). Thus  

numbers

, which are

is a solution to the linear equation

because 

This is not only solution to the given linear equation, since   is another solution. More generally, a system of or simply a linear system , is a set of A linear system can be denoted by linear equations in 

unknowns unknowns.

linear equations each in





A solution to a linear system (2) is a sequence of  numbers which has property that each equation in (2) is satisfied when  are substituted in (2). To find solutions to linear system, we shall method of elimination. use a technique called the

Example 1.

Consider

the linear system



We decide to eliminate . We add (-2) times the first equation to the second one, obtain


Where second equation makes no sense. This means that the linear system (3) has no solution. Example 2. Consider the linear system 

To eliminate  we add (-2) times the first equation to the second one and (-3) times the first equation to the third one, obtaining  



Multiply the third equation of (5) by  

, obtaining 
 

Next we interchange the second and third equations we get  

Now we add 7 times the second equation to the third one, we obtain

Multiplying the third equation by   

 

 , we have  




From the second equation we have 

.  

From the first equation we have

Thus,



 Consider

 is a solution to the linear system (5). the linear system 

Example 3.

Eliminating 

we add (-2) times the first equation to the second, we obtain   we obtain

where 

Solving the second equation in (2) for   can be any real number.

Then, from the first equation

Thus a solution to the linear system (1) is

where

is any real number.

This means that the linear system (1) has infinity many solutions.

So a linear system may have one solution, no solutions or infinity many solutions.