In: Advanced Math
Determine if the following sets are real vector spaces with the indicated operations.
(a) The set V of all ordered pairs (x, y) of real numbers with the addition defined by (x1, y1) + (x2, y2) = (x1 + x2, y1 + y2 + 1) and scalar multiplication defined by α(x, y) = (αx, αy + α − 1), α ∈ R
(b) The set V of all 2 × 2 real matrices X with the addition of M22 but scalar multiplication ∗ defined by α ∗ X = αXT , α ∈ R