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V is a vector space and W is a subspace of V. The left cosets of W in V are the subsets of the form v + W = {v + w | w ∈ W}. It is shown that u + W = v + W if and only if u - v ∈ W. Additionally, operations can be defined on the quotient space V/W such that V/W itself becomes a vector space, with the dimension of V/W equaling the dimension of V minus the dimension of W.

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Quotient Space PDF

V is a vector space and W is a subspace of V. The left cosets of W in V are the subsets of the form v + W = {v + w | w ∈ W}. It is shown that u + W = v + W if and only if u - v ∈ W. Additionally, operations can be defined on the quotient space V/W such that V/W itself becomes a vector space, with the dimension of V/W equaling the dimension of V minus the dimension of W.

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Quotient spaces

V is a vector space and W is a subspace of V .


A left coset of W in V is a subset of the form
v + W = {v + w|w ∈ W }.
THEOREM 1. u + W = v + W ⇔ u − v ∈ W .
PROOF. ”⇒”: Suppose u + W = v + W .
Then u = u + 0 and 0 ∈ W . Hence u ∈ u + W .
Hence u ∈ v + W , so u = v + w, w ∈ W . Hence
u − v = w ∈ W.
”⇐”: Suppose u − v = w ∈ W . Then
x ∈ u + W ⇒ x = u + w 1 , w1 ∈ W
⇒ x = (v + w) + w1
= v + (w + w1) ∈ v + W.

Similarly x ∈ v + W ⇒ x ∈ u + W .

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THEOREM 2. Addition and scalar
multiplication on V /W can be unambiguously
defined by
(i) (u + W ) + (v + W ) = (u + v) + W , if
u, v ∈ V ;
(ii) λ(v + W ) = λv + W , if v ∈ V and λ ∈ F .
Moreover, the collection V /W of all left
cosets (called the quotient space of V by W )
is a vector space under these operations, with
zero vector W and −(v + W ) = (−v) + W .
PROOF. (i) Let u + W = u0 + W and
v + W = v 0 + W . We have to prove We have
u − u0 ∈ W and v − v 0 ∈ W . Hence
(u + u0) − (v + v 0) = (u − u0) + (v − v 0) ∈ W
and by Theorem 1, we have
(u + v) + W = (u0 + v 0) + W .
(ii) Suppose v + W = v 0 + W . We have to
show λv + W = λ0 + W , if λ ∈ R. But
v − v 0 ∈ W , so λ(v − v 0) = λv − λv 0 ∈ W and by
Theorem 1, we have λv + W = λ0 + W .
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There are eight axioms to be verified. We
only verify two.
(i)(s+t)(u+W ) = (s+t)u+W = (su+tu)+W

= (su + W ) + (tu + W ) = s(u + W ) + t(u + W ).


(ii) W + (u + W ) = (0 + W ) + (u + W ) =
(0 + u) + W = u + W . Hence W is the zero
vector here.

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THEOREM 3. If w1, . . . , wr is a basis for W
and w1, . . . , wr , wr+1, . . . , wn is a basis for V ,
then wr+1 + W, . . . , wn + W form a basis for
V /W , thus proving the formula

dim V /W = dim V − dim W.


PROOF. (i) V /W = hwr+1 + W, . . . , wn + W i.
For if v ∈ V , then
v = x1w1 + . . . + xr wr + xr+1wr+1 + · · · + xnwn.
Hence, noting w + v + W = v + W , if w ∈ W ,
we have v + W =
(x1w1+. . .+xr wr )+(xr+1wr+1+· · ·+xnwn)+W
= (xr+1wr+1 + · · · + xnwn) + W
= xr+1(wr+1 + W ) + · · · + xn(wn + W )

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(ii) wr+1 + W, . . . , wn + W are linearly
independent. For suppose
xr+1(wr+1 + W ) + · · · + xn(wn + W ) = W .
Then xr+1wr+1 + · · · + xnwn + W = W and
xr+1wr+1 + · · · + xnwn ∈ W . Consequently
xr+1wr+1 + · · · + xnwn = x1w1 + · · · + xr wr and
(−x1)w1 + · · · + (−xr )wr + xr+1wr+1 + · · · +
xnwn = 0.
Hence xr+1 = 0, . . . , xn = 0.

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