Question on Subspaces
Let $V = R^n$ and define
U ={x∈V : x1 +x2 +···+xn =0}, W ={x∈V : x1 =x2 =···=x_nn}.
Show that the following statement holds:
(a) For all $n≥2$, both U and W are subspaces of V and V = U⊕W.
(b) Find an example where this statement fails if we replace $V = R^n$ by $V = F^n$ for some other field $F$.
I'm trying to write it in a way that a clean, thought out proof should be written so I know how to write it for an upcoming test.
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Hi, sorry to be pedantic, but in your proof you state for n ≠ 0 whereas the question asks for n≥2. Would there be any way to include that? Or am I missing something? Thanks
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Uh what do you mean? If n≥2 then n ≠ 0.
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To be precise, the hypothesis n≥2 is needed because otherwise U is 0. I'll make a note about that.
The answer is accepted.
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