Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.3 Subspaces - Problems - Page 273: 3

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Assume that $u$ be the vector in $S$ then $u=(x,y,z)=(x,2x,3x)$ We can write set $S$ as $S=\{u\in R^3:u=(x,2x,3x),x\in R\}$ A1. Let $u=(t,2t,3t)\\ v=(s,2s,3s) \in S$ Obtain $u+v=(t,2t,3t)+(s,2s,3s)\\=(t+s,2t+2s,3t+3s)\\=(t+s,2(t+s),3(t+s))\\=(m,2m,3m)$ where $m=t+s$ Coordinates of sum $u+v$ are of the form of vectors from $S$, hence set $S$ is closed under addition. A2. Let $u=(t,2t,3t) \in S$ and $k \in R$ Obtain: $ku=k(t,2t,3t)=(kt,2kt,3kt)=(n,2n,3n)$ where $n=kt$ Coordinates of product $ku$ are of the form of vectors from $S$, hence set $S$ is closed under scalar multiplication. Since $S$ is nonempty subset of $R^3$ and $S$ is closed under addition and scalar multiplication, $S$ is subspace of $R^3$
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