Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.3 Subspaces of Vector Spaces - 4.3 Exercises - Page 167: 29

Answer

The set $W$ of all $n \times n$ upper triangular matrices is a vector subspace of $M_{n, n}$.

Work Step by Step

The set $W$ of all $n \times n$ upper triangular matrices is a vector subspace of $M_{n, n}$. Because the sum of two upper triangular matrices is an upper triangular matrix and multiplying any upper triangular matrix by a constant is an upper triangular matrix which means that $W$ is closed under addition and scalar multiplication.
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