Exercise 2.6.19

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Let S is a basis for W and we can extend it to be a basis S for V . Since W is a proper subspace of V , we have at least one element t S such that tW. And we can define a function g in F(S, 𝔽) by g(t) = 1 and g(s) = 0 for all s S. By the previous exercise we know there is one unique linear functional f V such that fS = g. Finally since f(s) = 0 for all s S we have f(s) = 0 for all s W but f(t) = 1. So f is the desired functional.

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