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Norm on a Complex Vector Space

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Let VV be a complex vector space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and for a complex number λ\lambda let ∣λ∣|\lambda| denote its modulus.

A norm on VV is a map assigning to each v∈Vv\in V a real number ∥v∥\lVert v\rVert, subject to the following conditions for all u,v∈Vu,v\in V and all complex λ\lambda.

1. (Positivity) 0≤∥v∥0\le\lVert v\rVert, and ∥v∥=0\lVert v\rVert=0 only if v=0Vv=0_{V}.

2. (Absolute homogeneity) ∥λv∥=∣λ∣ ∥v∥\lVert\lambda v\rVert=|\lambda|\,\lVert v\rVert.

3. (Triangle inequality) ∥u+v∥≤∥u∥+∥v∥\lVert u+v\rVert\le\lVert u\rVert+\lVert v\rVert.

A complex normed space is a complex vector space together with a norm on it.

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