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Rank (of a matrix)

Refers to the rank of a matrix in linear algebra over GF(2). Having reduced a matrix into row-echelon form via elementary row operations, the number of nonzero rows, if any, are counted in order to determine the number of linearly independent rows or columns in the matrix.

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