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A nontrivial vector space1 always contains infinitely many elements. However, it is often possible to describe the elements by means of only finitely many vectors, and in such a way that the description of each individual vector is unique.
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With real or complex scalars.
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Smith, L. (1998). Linear Independence and Dependence. In: Linear Algebra. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1670-4_5
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