Exercise 1.3.24

Show that Fn is the direct sum of the subspaces

W1 = { (a1,a2,,an) Fn : a n = 0}

and

W2 = { (a1,a2,,an) Fn : a 1 = a2 = = an1 = 0}.

Answers

Proof. It’s natural that W1 W2 = {0}. And we have 𝔽n = {(a1,a2,,an) : ai 𝔽} = {(a1,a2,,an1,0)+(0,0,,an) : ai 𝔽} = W1W2. □

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