Kunze Linear Algebra · Problem 2.1.7

Vector Spaces

Mathematics — Methods · vector-space-axioms

Problem

Let VV be the set of pairs (x,y)(x, y) of real numbers and let FF be the field of real numbers. Define (x,y)+(x1,y1)=(x+x1,0)(x, y) + (x_1, y_1) = (x + x_1, 0) c(x,y)=(cx,0).c(x, y) = (cx, 0). Is VV, with these operations, a vector space?

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