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<div><span class="kw">theorem </span><a NAME="T27"><span class="comment"><font color="firebrick">:: MATRTOP2:27</font></span><br/></a><div class="add"> for <font color="Olive" title="b1">n</font>, <font color="Olive" title="b2">m</font> being   <a href="ordinal1.html#NM6" title="ORDINAL1:NM.6">Nat</a><br/>  for <font color="Olive" title="b3">M</font> being   <a href="matrix_1.html#NM3" title="MATRIX_1:NM.3">Matrix</a> of <font color="Olive" title="b1">n</font>,<font color="Olive" title="b2">m</font>,<a href="vectsp_1.html#K2" title="VECTSP_1:func.2">F_Real</a><br/>  for <font color="Olive" title="b4">A</font> being   <a href="rlaffin1.html#V1" title="RLAFFIN1:attr.1">affinely-independent</a>  <a href="struct_0.html#NM2" title="STRUCT_0:NM.2">Subset</a> of <span class="p1">(<span class="default"><a href="euclid.html#K15" title="EUCLID:func.15">TOP-REAL</a> <font color="Olive" title="b2">m</font></span>)</span>  st  <a href="matrix13.html#K8" title="MATRIX13:func.8">the_rank_of</a> <font color="Olive" title="b3">M</font> <a href="hidden.html#R1" title="HIDDEN:pred.1">=</a> <font color="Olive" title="b1">n</font> holds <br/><span class="p1">(<span class="default"><a href="matrtop1.html#K3" title="MATRTOP1:func.3">Mx2Tran</a> <font color="Olive" title="b3">M</font></span>)</span> <a href="ranknull.html#K7" title="RANKNULL:func.7">"</a> <font color="Olive" title="b4">A</font> is  <a href="rlaffin1.html#V1" title="RLAFFIN1:attr.1">affinely-independent</a> </div></div>
