Dimension

🅟 May 07, 2026

  🅤 May 11, 2026

DIM#DEF. Dimension. $\limp\AC$

Let $V$ be a vector space. By BS#PROP-EX, $V$ has a basis. By BS#PROP-L, all bases of $V$ have the same cardinality. This cardinality is called the dimension of $V$, written as $\dim V$.

$V$ is finite-dimensional if $\dim V$ is finite; infinite-dimensional if $\dim V$ is infinite.


DIM#PROP-S.

Let $V$ be a vector space. For any subspace $W\subseteq V$:

  1. $\dim W \leq \dim V$.
  2. $\dim W = \dim V \enspace\rimp\enspace W = V$.