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    Why don't functions with f(0)=4 form a vector space?

    Homework Statement I'm long out of college and trying to teach myself QM out of Shankar's. I'm trying to understand the reasoning here because I think that I am missing something... 1.1.3 1) Do functions that vanish at the endpoints x=0 and L=0 form a vector space? 2) How about periodic...
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    Why don't functions with f(0)=4 form a vector space?

    <Mentor's note: moved from a technical forum, therefore no template.> I'm long out of college and trying to teach myself QM out of Shankar's. I'm trying to understand the reasoning here because I think that I am missing something... 1.1.3 1) Do functions that vanish at the endpoints x=0 and...
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