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A vector space is a set V whose elements, called vectors, can be added and subtracted: in fact, a vector space is an abelian group under addition.
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Carrell, J.B. (2017). Vector Spaces. In: Groups, Matrices, and Vector Spaces. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79428-0_6
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