Every product Ax is a member of the column space C(A) because matrix-vector multiplication is defined as a linear combination of the columns of A. Specifically, if A=[a1a2⋯ak] and x=[x1,…,xk]T, then Ax=x1a1+⋯+xkak.
Conditions: A is an n×k matrix; x∈Rk; C(A) is the span of the columns of A
Every product Ax is a member of the column space C(A) because matrix-vector multiplication is defined as a linear combination of the columns of A. Specifically, if A=[a1a2⋯ak] and x=[x1,…,xk]T, then Ax=x1a1+⋯+xkak.
Conditions: A is an n×k matrix; x∈Rk; C(A) is the span of the columns of A