Can I define the rank of a matrix(A) as the number of non zero rows in RREF(A)? Here's my reason: Let number of zero rows be $x$
Then these rows are the linearly dependent rows of A and $x=dim(left null space)=m-r$.
So number of non zero rows is equal to $rows-x=m-(m-r)=r$.
Monday, December 18, 2017
matrices - Definition of rank of a matrix
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