Linear combination

In math, a linear combination is the sum of multiplying each value in a set by a constant.

Example

For a set [math]\displaystyle{ \{ x, y \} }[/math], the linear combination can be anything in the pattern [math]\displaystyle{ a*x + b*y }[/math].

In this example, [math]\displaystyle{ a }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ b }[/math] are the constants.

Related pages

• Linear algebra

References

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Linear Combination". mathworld.wolfram.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.