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Homework Statement
Give an example of a nonempty subset U of R2 such that U is closed under scalar multiplication, but U is not a subspace of R2.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I think I have it, but I just want to make sure it's right:
Let U = {(x, x + 2)} | x is in R}. Let u be in U. Then au = a(x, x + 2) = (ax, a(x + 2)), which is still in U (i.e. still on the same line). But this is not a subspace of R2 because 0 is not in this subset.
Thanks!