Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32196-467-0

Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.1 Vectors in Rn - Problems - Page 252: 9

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Verification

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To prove that commutative law of addition for vectors in $\mathbf{R}^4$ Let $x=(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) \in \mathbf{R}^4$ $\;\;\;\;, y=(y_1,y_2,y_3,y_4)\in \mathbf{R}^4$ We need to show that $x+y=y+x$ Consider $x+y=(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)+(y_1,y_2,y_3,y_4)$ $x+y=(x_1+y_1,x_2+y_2,x_3+y_3,x_4+y_4)$ Because all $x_i \; , \; y_i $ are real numbers $x+y=(y_1+x_1,y_2+x_2,y_3+x_3,y_4+x_4)$ $x+y=(y_1,y_2,y_3,y_4)+(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)$ $\Rightarrow x+y=y+x$ Hence vectors in $\mathbf{R}^4$ satisfies commutative law of addition.
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