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The following definitions are used in Exercises 23–30. Definition. If S1 and S2...

The following definitions are used in Exercises 23–30.

Definition. If S1 and S2 are nonempty subsets of a vector space V, then the sum of S1 and S2, denoted S1+S2, is the set {x+y : x S1 and y S2}.

Definition. A vector space V is called the direct sum of W1 and W2 if W1 and W2 are subspaces of V such that W1 W2 = {0} and W1 +W2 = V. We denote that V is the direct sum of W1 and W2 by writing V = W1 W2.

Let W1 and W2 be subspaces of a vector space V.

(a) Prove that W1 + W2 is a subspace of V that contains both W1 and W2.

(b) Prove that any subspace of V that contains both W1 and W2 must also contain W1 + W2.

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