determine whether W is a subspace of the vector space. W

rheisf

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2022-01-06

determine whether W is a subspace of the vector space.
W={(x,y):xy=1},V=R2

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Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell

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By the definition of a subspace a nonempty subset W of a vector space is called subspace of V, if W is a vector space under the operations of addition and scalar multiplication defined in V.
From the above definition it is clear that a subspace must also be a vector space itself and thus must satisfy the axioms of a vector space.
However, the additive identity for R2 that is,(0,0) is not in the subset W .
Hence, all the vector space axiom are not satisfied by W, so it is not a vector space, and hence not a subspace.
Therefore, W is not a subspace of R2.

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