Exercise 1.2.10

Let V denote the set of all differentiable real-valued functions defined on the real line. Prove that V is a vector space with the operations of addition and scalar multiplication defined in Example 3.

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A sum of two differentiable real-valued functions as well as a product of a scalar and a differentiable real-valued function are again real-valued. Obviously, the constant function f = 0 would be the 0 vector in this vector space. Naturally, in this case, the field is the space of real numbers.

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2011-06-27 00:00
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