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Seydlitz
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Hi guys, I have this general question.
If we are asked to show that the direct sum of ##U+W=V##where ##U## and ##W## are subspaces of ##V=\mathbb{R}^{n}##, would it be possible for us to do so by showing that the generators of the ##U## and ##W## span ##V##? Afterwards we show that their intersection is a zero-vector. For example:
##U## is a subspace generated by ##(0,1)## and ##W## is a subspace generated by ##(2,2)##. Clearly those generators span two dimensional ##V##, and their intersection is ##(0,0)##. Therefore the conclusion can be made that their direct sum is ##V##. Is this kind of reasoning okay?
If we are asked to show that the direct sum of ##U+W=V##where ##U## and ##W## are subspaces of ##V=\mathbb{R}^{n}##, would it be possible for us to do so by showing that the generators of the ##U## and ##W## span ##V##? Afterwards we show that their intersection is a zero-vector. For example:
##U## is a subspace generated by ##(0,1)## and ##W## is a subspace generated by ##(2,2)##. Clearly those generators span two dimensional ##V##, and their intersection is ##(0,0)##. Therefore the conclusion can be made that their direct sum is ##V##. Is this kind of reasoning okay?