Question

Does the following set of vectors constitute a vector space? Assume "standard" definitions of the operations.

Answer 1

Does the following set of vectors constitute a vector space? Assume "standard" definitions of the operations.
The set of all diagonal 2X2 matrices.

A. Yes
B. No
If not, which condition(s) below does it fail? (Check all that apply)

A. Vector spaces must be closed under addition
B. Vector spaces must be closed under scalar multiplication
C. There must be a zero vector
D. Every vector must have an additive inverse
E. Addition must be associative
F. Addition must be commutative
G. Scalar multiplication by 1 is the identity operation
H. The distributive property
I. Scalar multiplication must be associative
J. None of the above, it is a vector space