n. An expression of first order, composed of the sums and differences of elements with coefficients in a field, such as the field of real numbers.
linear combination
linear combination
[′lin·ē·ər ‚käm·bə′nā·shən] (mathematics) A linear combination of vectorsv1, … ,vnin a vector space is any expression of the form a1v1+ a2v2+ ⋯ + anvn, where the aiare scalars.