Linear space
A space $$V$$ with defined operations:
- vector addition: $$V \times V \rigtarrow V$$ (or $$v + u$$)
- scalar multiplication: $$\mathbb{F} \times V \rightarrow V$$ (or $$\alpha v$$)
Axioms
- associativity
- commutativity
- identity element of vector addition
- inverse element
- compatibility
- identity element of scalar multiplication
- distributivity of scalar multiplication with respect to field addition
- distributivity of scalar multiplication with respect to vector addition