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Homework Statement
T/F: If a finite set of vectors spans a vector space, then some subset of the vectors is a basis.
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The Attempt at a Solution
It seems that the answer is true, due to the "Spanning Set Theorem," which says that we are allowed to remove vectors in a spanning set until we get a set that is linearly independent and thus forms a basis. However, what if our original set of vectors only spans the trivial vectors space ##\{ 0 \}##? In that case we can't form a basis, so wouldn't the answer to this question be false?