24.14 - Quotient Vector Spaces
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Define a quotient vector space.
💡 Hint: Remember the structure and notation of V/W.
What is an equivalence class?
💡 Hint: Think about vectors differing by elements in W.
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What is a quotient vector space?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between vector spaces and their subsets.
True or False: The operations in quotient spaces do not maintain the properties of a vector space.
💡 Hint: Recall how we define addition and scalar multiplication in quotient spaces.
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Let V = R^3 and W = {(x, y, 0) | x, y ∈ R}. Prove that the dimension of the quotient space R^3/W is 1.
💡 Hint: Use the dimension theorem for vector spaces and consider the direct relationship between dimensions.
Consider the subspace W of P(x), the polynomial space of degree ≤ n. Determine how the quotient space P(x)/W changes with varying dimensions of W.
💡 Hint: Analyze how dimensions correlate and affect the resulting polynomial set.
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