【归档】设U是V的子空间，求U + U

Note: 旧的wordpress博客弃用，于是将以前的笔记搬运回来。

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Question:
Suppose that $U$ is a subspace of $V$. What is $U+U$?
Solution:
$U+U=U$.
Proof:
Take $u,v\in U$. Then every element in $U+U$ can be written as $u+v$. Since $U$ is a subspace of $V$, U is closed under addition. Therefor $u+v\in U$. Hence $U+U\subset U$.
If we take $w=u+0\in U+U$, we can get every element in $U$ ($w\in U$). Therefor $U\subset U+U$.
Thus $U=U+U$.