Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.3 Subspaces of Vector Spaces - 4.3 Exercises - Page 167: 3

Answer

$W$ is a vector subspace of $M_{2.2}$.

Work Step by Step

Let $u=\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {a} \\ {b} & {0}\end{array}\right],v=\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {c} \\ {d} & {0}\end{array}\right]\in W$ and $c'\in R$ where $W$ the set of all $2\times 2$ matrices of the form $\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {a} \\ {b} & {0}\end{array}\right]$. Now, \begin{align*} u+v&=\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {a} \\ {b} & {0}\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {c} \\ {d} & {0}\end{array}\right]\\ &=\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {a+c} \\ {b+d} & {0}\end{array}\right] \end{align*} which means that $u+v\in W$ and also $c'u=\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {c'a} \\ {c'b} & {0}\end{array}\right]\in W$. Hence, $W$ is a vector subspace of $M_{2.2}$.
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