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Exercise 5.3.4

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In this exercise, we use scalars from the field Z2\mathbb{Z}_{2} of integers modulo 22 instead of real numbers (see Section an exercise given elsewhere in the book, “Fields”). Which of the following sets are subspaces of (Z2)3(\mathbb{Z}_{2})^{3}?

  1. V1={[110],[011],[101],[000]}V_{1}=\left\{\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 1\\ 0\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 1\\ 1\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 0\\ 1\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 0\\ 0\end{array}\right]\right\}.

  2. V2={[111],[110],[100],[000]}V_{2}=\left\{\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 1\\ 1\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 1\\ 0\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 0\\ 0\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 0\\ 0\end{array}\right]\right\}.

  3. V3={[000]}V_{3}=\left\{\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 0\\ 0\end{array}\right]\right\}.

  4. V3={[111],[100],[010],[001]}V_{3}=\left\{\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 1\\ 1\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}1\\ 0\\ 0\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 1\\ 0\end{array}\right],\left[\begin{array}{r}0\\ 0\\ 1\end{array}\right]\right\}.

Selinger, Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Spans, linear independence, and bases in Rn, Subspaces of R^n, Exercise 5.3.4

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