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The Vector Space Axiom 1v = v
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2016
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Some students on first meeting the axioms of a vector space are puzzled by the inclusion of the scalar unit law: 1v = v for all vectors v. It is the purpose of this note to discuss the consequences of omitting this law from the list of axioms.
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