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OpenStudy (anonymous):

is "R+" is subspace of "R"..?Why?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

A vector subspace?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Subspaces must satisfy a number of axioms. R^+ doesn't satisfy all of them and isn't a subspace. In particular, given any vector \[ x \in \mathbb{R}^+ \] there should be another vector \[ y \in \mathbb{R}^+ \] such that \[ x + y = 0 \] But this is clearly not the case.

OpenStudy (jamesj):

E.g., x = 1. The additive inverse vector, y, would be y = -1. But -1 isn't in R^+

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you JamesJ , by the example it become clearly.

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