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Vector Space
Also Known As Linear Space
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A vector space, also called a linear space, is a set whose elements, called vectors, can be added together and multiplied by numbers called scalars, subject to a fixed set of axioms governing those two operations.
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1. Vector Space (Wikipedia)
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A vector space (also called a linear space) is a set whose elements, often called vectors, can be added together and multiplied ("scaled") by numbers called scalars.
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Italian mathematician Peano was the first to give the modern definition of vector spaces and linear maps in 1888, although he called them 'linear systems'.
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