Q9Advanced Engineering Mathematics II
Question
2 marks
Define vector subspace.
Answer
A vector subspace W of a vector space V is a non-empty subset of V that is itself a vector space under the same operations, equivalently W is closed under addition and scalar multiplication.
- Closure under addition: u + v is in W
- Closure under scalar multiplication: c*u is in W
- The zero vector 0 is in W (follows from the above if W is non-empty)