The column space is perpendicular to the nullspace of A T A^T AT
The column space C(A) , a subspace of R m R^m Rm, dimention r
The leftnull space N( A T A^T AT) , a subspace of R m R^m Rm ,dimention m-r
The row space C( A T A^T AT) , a subspace of R n R^n Rn ,dimention r
The null space N(A) , a subspace of R n R^n Rn ,dimention n-r
Definition of orthogonal subspace
Two subspace V V V and W W W of a vector space are orthogonal if every vector v v v in V V V is perpendicular to every vector w w w in W W W
Every vector x in the nullspace is perpendicular to every row of A A A, because A x = 0 Ax=0 Ax=0 ,the nullspace N ( A ) N(A) N(A) and row space C ( A T ) C(A^T)