Monday, 28 April 2008

linear algebra - On permutation of elements of two bases of a vector space (Greub´s book)

Let {a1,a2,...,an} and {b1,b2,...,bn} be two bases for a vector space E. Fix p, 1 ≤ p ≤n. Is there a permutation σ such that
{a1,a2,...,ap,bσ(p+1),...,bσ(n)} and {bσ(1),bσ(2),...,,bσ(p),ap+1,...,an} are both bases of E?



This question is the last exercise of the first chapter in the book Linear Algebra by Greub. I can prove the case p=n-1.

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