Consider the rectangular matrix $X \in \mathbb R^{m \times n}$, the square matrix $Y \in \mathbb R^{n \times n}$, and the block matrix $Z = \begin{bmatrix}XY \\ X\end{bmatrix} \in \mathbb R^{2m \times n}$. If $Z$ has full column rank, then does $X$ necessarily have full column rank as well? I haven't yet been able to think of a counterexample, so I'm interested to know whether this is true or false.
2026-03-31 17:19:21.1774977561
If $\begin{bmatrix}XY \\ X\end{bmatrix}$ has full column rank, then does $X$ have full column rank?
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$$ X = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \\ Y = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix} $$
$Z = Y$. $Z$ has full column rank and $X$ does not.