Exercise 1.6.12

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If {u,v,w} is a basis then the dimension of V would be three. So it’s enough to check {u + v + w,v + w,w} is lineaerly independent. Assuming a(u + v + w) + b(v + w) + cw = au + (a + b)v + (a + b + c)w = 0 we have a = a + b = a + b + c = 0 and hence a = b = c = 0.

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