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Exercise 6

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Let UU be a subspace of R3\mathbb{R}^{3}. Prove that the set U⊥={v⃗∣v⃗∙u⃗=0 for all u⃗∈U}U^{\perp}=\text{$\{\hskip 1.00006pt\vec{v}\mid\text{$\vec{v}\mathbin{\smash{\bullet}}\vec{u}=0$ for all $\vec{u}\in U$}\hskip 1.00006pt\}$} of vectors that are perpendicular to each vector in UU is also subspace of R3\mathbb{R}^{3}. Does this hold if UU is not a subspace?

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Vector Spaces, Voting Paradoxes, Exercise 6

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Adapted from Linear Algebra © 2016 Jim Hefferon. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Source: Linear Algebra. Imported at revision df2262e.