Question

The Woodbury formula is used when performing corrections where this quantity is fixed. A determinantal variety is a space where this quantity is bounded. n plus this quantity of AB is greater than or equal to this quantity of A plus this quantity of B, according to Sylvester’s inequality of this quantity. The CUR approximation is a more interpretable way to reduce this quantity compared to using the Eckart-Young theorem, which finds approximations where this quantity is small by truncating the (*) SVD. This quantity always equals 1 for nonzero outer products, and in general, it equals the number of nonzero singular values. The number of columns (10[1])of a matrix equals the dimension of the kernel (10[1])plus this quantity, according (10[1])to the this quantity—nullity theorem. For 10 points, name this quantity that equals the number of linearly independent rows or columns of a matrix. ■END■

ANSWER: rank [or row rank or column rank; accept low rank approximation; prompt on dimension]
<Science - Other Science - Math>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsUBC10510
Conor ThompsonThompson et al.I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire11410
Eric MukherjeeCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms11810

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%0%33%120.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%0%0%112.33