If the subspace is described as the range of a matrix: S={Ax:x∈R^n}, then the orthogonal complement is the set of vectors orthogonal to the rows of A, which is the nullspace of A^T. How to make the above claim from the definition of orthogonal complement as the set of vectors that are orthogonal to all Ax.

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2022-09-09

If the subspace is described as the range of a matrix: S = { A x : x R n }, then the orthogonal complement is the set of vectors orthogonal to the rows of A, which is the nullspace of A T . How to make the above claim from the definition of orthogonal complement as the set of vectors that are orthogonal to all A x.

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Terahertztl

Terahertztl

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Let C 1 , , C p be the columns of the matrix A, then S = span ( C 1 , , C p ), hence x S iff C i , x = 0 , i { 1 , , p } iff A T x = 0. (the lines of A T are the columns of A).

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