Subspace (linear algebra)

Subspace (linear algebra)

In linear algebra, subspace may refer to:

* Euclidean subspace, a set of vectors in "n"-dimensional Euclidean space that is closed under addition and scalar multiplication.
* Linear subspace, the corresponding notion for abstract vector spaces.


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