Introduction to Quantum Mechanics · Problem A.1

Afterword — David J. Griffiths

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · vector-spaces

Problem

Consider the ordinary vectors in three dimensions (axi^+ayj^+azk^)\left(a_x \hat{i} + a_y \hat{j} + a_z \hat{k}\right), with complex components. (a) Does the subset of all vectors with az=0a_z = 0 constitute a vector space? If so, what is its dimension; if not, why not? (b) What about the subset of all vectors whose zz component is 1? Hint: Would the sum of two such vectors be in the subset? How about the null vector? (c) What about the subset of vectors whose components are all equal?

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