Elementary Identities in a Vector Space
lemmaAlgebraLinear Algebralem:vector-space-basic-identities-2026aLet be a field and let be a vector space over , with the conditions 1-8 of that definition. Then the following hold.
1. (Uniqueness of the zero vector) There is exactly one element with for every .
2. (Uniqueness of additive inverses) For every there is exactly one with . It is denoted , and for one writes .
3. (Zero scalar) for every , where is the additive identity of .
4. (Zero vector) for every .
5. (Negation) for every , where is the additive inverse of in .
6. (No zero divisors) If , and , then or .
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