Definition df-lindf 20145

Description: An independent family is a family of vectors, no nonzero multiple of which can be expressed as a linear combination of other elements of the family. This is almost, but not quite, the same as a function into an independent set.

This is a defined concept because it matters in many cases whether independence is taken at a set or family level. For instance, a number is transcedental iff its nonzero powers are linearly independent. Is 1 transcedental? It has only one nonzero power.

We can almost define family independence as a family of unequal elements with independent range, as islindf3 20165, but taking that as primitive would lead to unpleasant corner case behavior with the zero ring.

This is equivalent to the common definition of having no nontrivial representations of zero (islindf4 20177) and only one representation for each element of the range (islindf5 20178). (Contributed by Stefan O'Rear, 24-Feb-2015.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
df-lindf	|- LIndF = { <. f , w >. | ( f : dom f --> ( Base ` w ) /\ [. (Scalar ` w ) / s ]. A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) ) ) }

Distinct variable group:   w, f, s, x, k

Detailed syntax breakdown of Definition df-lindf

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		clindf 20143	. 2 class LIndF
2		vf	. . . . . . 7 setvar f
3	2	cv 1482	. . . . . 6 class f
4	3	cdm 5114	. . . . 5 class dom f
5		vw	. . . . . . 7 setvar w
6	5	cv 1482	. . . . . 6 class w
7		cbs 15857	. . . . . 6 class Base
8	6, 7	cfv 5888	. . . . 5 class ( Base ` w )
9	4, 8, 3	wf 5884	. . . 4 wff f : dom f --> ( Base ` w )
10		vk	. . . . . . . . . . 11 setvar k
11	10	cv 1482	. . . . . . . . . 10 class k
12		vx	. . . . . . . . . . . 12 setvar x
13	12	cv 1482	. . . . . . . . . . 11 class x
14	13, 3	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . . . 10 class ( f ` x )
15		cvsca 15945	. . . . . . . . . . 11 class .s
16	6, 15	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . . . 10 class ( .s ` w )
17	11, 14, 16	co 6650	. . . . . . . . 9 class ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) )
18	13	csn 4177	. . . . . . . . . . . 12 class { x }
19	4, 18	cdif 3571	. . . . . . . . . . 11 class ( dom f \ { x } )
20	3, 19	cima 5117	. . . . . . . . . 10 class ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) )
21		clspn 18971	. . . . . . . . . . 11 class LSpan
22	6, 21	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . . . 10 class ( LSpan ` w )
23	20, 22	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . . 9 class ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
24	17, 23	wcel 1990	. . . . . . . 8 wff ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
25	24	wn 3	. . . . . . 7 wff -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
26		vs	. . . . . . . . . 10 setvar s
27	26	cv 1482	. . . . . . . . 9 class s
28	27, 7	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . 8 class ( Base ` s )
29		c0g 16100	. . . . . . . . . 10 class 0g
30	27, 29	cfv 5888	. . . . . . . . 9 class ( 0g ` s )
31	30	csn 4177	. . . . . . . 8 class { ( 0g ` s ) }
32	28, 31	cdif 3571	. . . . . . 7 class ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } )
33	25, 10, 32	wral 2912	. . . . . 6 wff A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
34	33, 12, 4	wral 2912	. . . . 5 wff A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
35		csca 15944	. . . . . 6 class Scalar
36	6, 35	cfv 5888	. . . . 5 class (Scalar ` w )
37	34, 26, 36	wsbc 3435	. . . 4 wff [. (Scalar ` w ) / s ]. A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) )
38	9, 37	wa 384	. . 3 wff ( f : dom f --> ( Base ` w ) /\ [. (Scalar ` w ) / s ]. A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) ) )
39	38, 2, 5	copab 4712	. 2 class { <. f , w >. | ( f : dom f --> ( Base ` w ) /\ [. (Scalar ` w ) / s ]. A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) ) ) }
40	1, 39	wceq 1483	1 wff LIndF = { <. f , w >. | ( f : dom f --> ( Base ` w ) /\ [. (Scalar ` w ) / s ]. A. x e. dom f A. k e. ( ( Base ` s ) \ { ( 0g ` s ) } ) -. ( k ( .s ` w ) ( f ` x ) ) e. ( ( LSpan ` w ) ` ( f " ( dom f \ { x } ) ) ) ) }

This definition is referenced by:  rellindf  20147  islindf  20151