Direct Sum
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Mathematics/Linear Algebra
SumDefinition 1. Let W1,...,Wk≤V. We define the sum of these subspaces to be the set {v1+⋯+vk|vi∈Wi for 1≤i≤k}, which we denote by k∑i=1Wi.Direct SumDefinition 2. Let W1,...,Wk≤V. We call V the direct sum of W1,...,Wk and write V=k⨁i=1Wi, if V=∑ki=1Wi and $W_j \cap \sum_{i \n..