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Prove that the additive identity of a vector space is unique.

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⇒The Meaning of Additive Identity is that element in a set when added to any member or elements of set yields that element.

Consider a system of forces under a set F , which is a vector space under a field .

The set F having three forces a, b, c will be a vector space if,

1.→ a +(b+c)=(a+b)+c

2.→ a+b=b+a

3.→There must exist a force equal to 0, such that when any of the forces added to 0 the resultant is force itself.

That is , a+0=a=0+a

→→So,If you consider any vector space over a field ,there exist an element in that set equal to 0, when added to any member of the elements of the set the result being that element.So, element 0 is the Additive Identity of any vector space.

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