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Vector space

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Summary

An abelian group with scalar multiplication by a field.

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Field extensionVector space

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Authored explanation

For a field extension L/KL/K, scalar multiplication by KK makes LL a vector space over KK; its dimension is the extension degree.

How to interpret this relation type

Pass canonically from a stronger object to structure it determines, or forget part of the data while retaining a valid weaker structure. The carrier may change under a canonical induced construction.

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field action on an abelian group(construction junction)Vector space

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Authored explanation

Add compatible field action.

How to interpret this relation type

Feed several structures into a construction junction and impose compatibility between them.

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Vector spaceAffine space

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Forgetting the distinguished zero of a vector space while retaining its translation action yields an affine space; abstractly, an affine space is a torsor for a vector space.

How to interpret this relation type

Pass canonically from a stronger object to structure it determines, or forget part of the data while retaining a valid weaker structure. The carrier may change under a canonical induced construction.

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Vector spaceAlgebra over a field

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Choose a bilinear map A×AAA\times A\to A; do not yet require associativity or a unit.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceClifford algebra

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A vector space together with a quadratic form QQ canonically determines a new algebra, the quotient of its tensor algebra by the relations vv=Q(v)1v\otimes v=Q(v)1. This changes the carrier rather than merely adding data to the vector space.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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Vector spaceCoalgebra

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Authored explanation

Add coassociative comultiplication and a counit.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceComplex vector space

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A complex vector space is a vector space over C\mathbb C.

How to interpret this relation type

A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.

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Vector spaceDirect sum of vector spaces

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Authored explanation

An indexed family of vector spaces has a direct sum characterized by finitely supported components and the coproduct universal property.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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Vector spaceDual vector space

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The algebraic dual is canonically constructed as the vector space of linear functionals.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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Vector spaceExterior algebra

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The exterior algebra is the quotient of the tensor algebra by the two-sided ideal generated by all vvv\otimes v.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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Vector spaceInner-product space

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For a real or complex vector space, choose a positive-definite symmetric bilinear form (real) or Hermitian sesquilinear form (complex).

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spacegroup + vector space action(construction junction)

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Supply the Vector space structure as one jointly required input.

How to interpret this relation type

Feed several structures into a construction junction and impose compatibility between them.

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Vector spaceLie algebra + vector space action(construction junction)

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Supply a kk-vector space VV over the same field kk as the Lie-algebra input.

How to interpret this relation type

Feed several structures into a construction junction and impose compatibility between them.

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Vector spacelinear + topological compatibility(construction junction)

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Authored explanation

Supply the vector-space operations.

How to interpret this relation type

Feed several structures into a construction junction and impose compatibility between them.

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Vector spaceLie algebra

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Authored explanation

Add an alternating bilinear bracket satisfying Jacobi.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceLinear operator

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A linear operator is additional data: a chosen linear map from a vector space to itself, or more generally between specified vector spaces.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceSeminormed vector space

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Equip the scalar field with a real-valued absolute value |\cdot| and choose p ⁣:V[0,)p\colon V\to[0,\infty) with p(x+y)p(x)+p(y)p(x+y)\le p(x)+p(y) and p(λx)=λp(x)p(\lambda x)=|\lambda|p(x).

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceSymplectic vector space

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A symplectic vector space adds a nondegenerate alternating bilinear form.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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Vector spaceTensor-product vector space

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Authored explanation

The tensor product is characterized by its universal property for bilinear maps.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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