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 .
- (Closed under addition:) The sum of and , denoted , is in .
- (Closed under scalar multiplication:) The scalar multiple of by , denoted , is in .
- (Addition is commutative:) .
- (Addition is associative:) .
- (A zero vector exists:) There exists a vector in such that .
- (Additive inverses exist:) For each in , there exists a in such that . (We write .)
- (Scaling by is the identity:) .
- (Scalar multiplication is associative): .
- (Scalar multiplication distributes over vector addition:) .
- (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.