A linear combination of vectors v1,…, vk in a vector space is a sum of the form a1v1 + ∙∙∙ + akvk, where a1,…, ak are scalars in the base field. The span of a finite set of vectors is the set of linear combinations.
Statistics
A variable y is a linear combination of the variables x1, x2,…, xm ifwhere a1, a2,…, am are constants. See alsomatrix.