How to Represent Set S to Distinguish a Single n from All Natural Numbers?

In summary, the conversation discusses distinguishing between a single natural number and all natural numbers in a set S containing elements aij and showing that for each n, the set S makes a subspace. The solution proposed is defining the sets S_n for each positive integer n and showing that S_n is a vector space.
  • #1
SprucerMoose
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G'day all,

If i let S={[aij]nxn, where aij = aji, n[tex]\in[/tex]Z+}

How do I distinguish between a single natural number n or all natural numbers?

I am trying to show that for each n, this set makes a subspace, but am not sure how to represent this set without the ambiguity, as this is not a subspace if the set contains more than a single n.

Thanks
 
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  • #2
Define the sets
[tex] S_n = \{ \left[ a_{ij} \right]_{n\times n}\ |\ a_{ij}=a_{ji} \}[/tex]
for each n a positive integer. Then [tex]S_n[/tex] is a vector space for each choice of n.
 
  • #3
Thank you very much
 

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1. What is set notation?

Set notation is a mathematical language used to represent sets, which are collections of objects or numbers.

2. How do you read set notation?

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