Trivial Solution

A homogenous system of equations always has a trivial solution.


Description

A homogenous system of equations has a vector of zeros on the RHS, as in:

┌    ┐ ┌  ┐   ┌  ┐
│ 1 2│ │ x│   │ 0│
│ 3 4│ │ y│ = │ 0│
└    ┘ └  ┘   └  ┘

Such a system always has a particular solution in the form of x=0 and y=0. This is called the trivial solution.

If a system is known to have only one unique solution and it is homogenous, it follows that the trivial solution is the one unique solution.


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