A vector space is closed under addition and scalar multiplication, and a subspace must always contain the zero vector and pass through the origin.
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Closure under all linear combinations
Define a vector space by closure under addition and scalar multiplication, name as the model example, and derive that the zero vector belongs to every such space.
The first quadrant as a failed example
Take the vectors with non-negative components, check that sums stay inside, multiply one vector by a negative scalar, and record which closure requirement breaks.
Full list of subspaces of and
List the whole space, planes through the origin in , lines through the origin, and , and record what happens to a line missing the origin.