Let n≥1 be a natural number and let R be the real numbers. Regard Euclidean space Rn as a real vector space by Euclidean Space Rn is a Real Vector Space, with the sum z+z′ of points and the scalar multiple μz, and write z−z′ and z⋅z′ for the difference and the dot product.
Then for all z,z′,w∈Rn and every μ∈R the following hold.
1. (Symmetry)
z⋅w=w⋅z.
2. (Additivity in the first argument)
(z+z′)⋅w=z⋅w+z′⋅w.
3. (Differences in the first argument)
(z−z′)⋅w=z⋅w−z′⋅w.
4. (Homogeneity in the first argument)
(μz)⋅w=μ(z⋅w).
5. (Second argument)
w⋅(z+z′)=w⋅z+w⋅z′,w⋅(z−z′)=w⋅z−w⋅z′,w⋅(μz)=μ(w⋅z).