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Bilinearity and Symmetry of the Dot Product on Rn\mathbb{R}^n

Statement

Let n≥1n\ge1 be a natural number and let R\mathbb{R} be the real numbers. Regard Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^n as a real vector space by Euclidean Space Rn\mathbb{R}^n is a Real Vector Space, with the sum z+z′z+z' of points and the scalar multiple μz\mu z, and write z−z′z-z' and z⋅z′z\cdot z' for the difference and the dot product.

Then for all z,z′,w∈Rnz,z',w\in\mathbb{R}^n and every μ∈R\mu\in\mathbb{R} the following hold.

1. (Symmetry)

z⋅w=w⋅z.z\cdot w=w\cdot z .

2. (Additivity in the first argument)

(z+z′)⋅w=z⋅w+z′⋅w.(z+z')\cdot w=z\cdot w+z'\cdot w .

3. (Differences in the first argument)

(z−z′)⋅w=z⋅w−z′⋅w.(z-z')\cdot w=z\cdot w-z'\cdot w .

4. (Homogeneity in the first argument)

(μz)⋅w=μ (z⋅w).(\mu z)\cdot w=\mu\,(z\cdot w).

5. (Second argument)

w⋅(z+z′)=w⋅z+w⋅z′,w⋅(z−z′)=w⋅z−w⋅z′,w⋅(μz)=μ (w⋅z).w\cdot(z+z')=w\cdot z+w\cdot z',\qquad w\cdot(z-z')=w\cdot z-w\cdot z',\qquad w\cdot(\mu z)=\mu\,(w\cdot z).

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