A vector space over is a set of objects (called vectors) together with two operations, addition and multiplication by scalars (real numbers), that satisfy the following axioms. The axioms must hold for all vectors in and for all scalars in .

  1. (Closed under addition:) The sum of and , denoted , is in .

  2. (Closed under scalar multiplication:) The scalar multiple of by , denoted , is in .

  3. (Addition is commutative:) .

  4. (Addition is associative:) .

  5. (A zero vector exists:) There exists a vector in such that .

  6. (Additive inverses exist:) For each in , there exists a in such that . (We write .)

  7. (Scaling by is the identity:) .

  8. (Scalar multiplication is associative): .

  9. (Scalar multiplication distributes over vector addition:) .

  10. (Scalar addition is distributive:) .



Let be the set with addition operation defined by and scalar multiplication defined by .

Show that is not a vector space by determining which of the vector space axioms are not true for . Enter your answer as a comma separated list such as 3, 5, 6 if axioms numbered 3, 5 and 6 fail to be true.


In the box below, explain why each vector space axiom you chose in the previous part fails to be true.

In order to get credit for this problem all answers must be correct.