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Showing that exponential functions are linearly independent
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[QUOTE="Mr Davis 97, post: 5614389, member: 515461"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] If ##r_1, r_2, r_3## are distinct real numbers, show that ##e^{r_1t}, e^{r_2t}, e^{r_3t}## are linearly independent. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2][h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] By book starts off by assuming that the functions are linearly dependent, towards contradiction. So ##c_1e^{r_1t} + c_2e^{r_2t}+ c_2e^{r_3t} = 0##. After differentiating and doing some manipulations, the book finds that ##e^{(r_1 - r_2)t} = C e^{(r_3 - r_2)t}##, where C is just some constant. It then states that this is a contradiction, so the original statement must be true. I am, however, a little confused as to why this is a contradiction. Is it a contradiction based on some previously shown result that two exponential functions with different powers can never be linearly dependent? [/QUOTE]
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