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posted by  Katya on 4/24/2008 4:07:54 PM  |  status: Closed  

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Linear Algebra Elementary Linear Algebra, A Matrix Approach 2e, by Spence, Insel, Friedberg 7.3 54
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Find a basis for the subspace W of the vector space V. Let W be the subspace of V=Pn consisting of polynomials p(x) for which p(0)=0.
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posted by gomorycut on 4/24/2008 7:46:21 PM  |  status: Live
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The subspace is defined as those polynomials with p(0) = 0, meaning that there is no constant term in any polynomial in W.
 
A basis could then just be { x, x2, x3, ..., xn } which is just like the standard basis vectors for the set of polynomials except without the vector x0 (or "1").
 

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