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In any vector space au=bu implies a=b ? Trou or False​

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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Simply use the counterexample u = 0

For zero vector:

au=bu=0

holds for a=3, b=4

False

User Woodham
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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

(I guess if it were written "properly" it would be ax=bx implies a=b).

Given the axioms we were given, it would seem that the statement should be true, no?

A related statement -- also listed as false -- is that "in any vector space, ax=ay implies that x=y." Again, given the axioms we have.

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