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Elementary Identities in a Vector Space

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Reason: Initial publication: uniqueness of the zero vector and of additive inverses, and the elementary scalar identities in a vector space.

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Let KK be a field and let VV be a vector space over KK, with the conditions 1-8 of that definition. Then the following hold.

1. (Uniqueness of the zero vector) There is exactly one element 0VV0_{V}\in V with v+0V=vv+0_{V}=v for every vVv\in V.

2. (Uniqueness of additive inverses) For every vVv\in V there is exactly one wVw\in V with v+w=0Vv+w=0_{V}. It is denoted v-v, and for u,vVu,v\in V one writes uv=u+(v)u-v=u+(-v).

3. (Zero scalar) 0v=0V0v=0_{V} for every vVv\in V, where 00 is the additive identity of KK.

4. (Zero vector) λ0V=0V\lambda 0_{V}=0_{V} for every λK\lambda\in K.

5. (Negation) (1)v=v(-1)v=-v for every vVv\in V, where 1-1 is the additive inverse of 11 in KK.

6. (No zero divisors) If λK\lambda\in K, vVv\in V and λv=0V\lambda v=0_{V}, then λ=0\lambda=0 or v=0Vv=0_{V}.

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